Legislative debate on Tuesday, 23 October 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Tom Harris. The answering member was Stephen Hammond.

Crossrail Bill (Carry-over)

Crossrail Bill. Debate on carry over motion to suspend further proceedings until the next Session of Parliament and that, if Bill presented in the same terms as when suspended in the next Session, the Bill shall be ordered to be printed and deemed to have been read a first and second time, reported from Select Committee and re-committed to a Public Bill Committee and that Standing Orders complied or dispensed with in this Session or 2004-05 or 2005-06, shall be deemed to have complied or dispensed with in the next Session. Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 465 c188-207
Session: 2006-07
Department: Department for Transport
Procedure: Carry-over motions
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Crossrail Bill. As amended in the Crossrail Bill Select Committee.
Thursday, 18 October 2007
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House of Commons; Crossrail Bill. Crossrail Bill Select Committee first special report with proceedings. In five volumes.
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Proceeding contributions: Tom Harris | 465 c188 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That further proceedings on the Crossrail Bill shall be suspended until the next Sess...; Stephen Hammond | 465 c189-90 (Link to this contribution) London is the global city: it is the city of world finance, international tourism and the 2012 Olymp...; Nick Raynsford | 465 c190 (Link to this contribution) I do not intend to detain the House for any length of time, but it is right that a few additional co...; Tom Brake | 465 c191 (Link to this contribution) I echo the Minister's comments about the good work done by the Committee. Remarkably, my hon. Friend...; Speaker | 465 c191-2 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am reluctant to stop the hon. Gentleman, but he is now giving the Minister a shopping list ...; Tom Brake | 465 c192 (Link to this contribution) Thank you for that intervention, Mr. Deputy Speaker. My point is that the Minister is seeking the Ho...; Clive Efford | 465 c192-3 (Link to this contribution) Like my right hon. Friend the Member for Greenwich and Woolwich (Mr. Raynsford), I want to congratul...; Mark Field | 465 c193-4 (Link to this contribution) For a project that is unlikely to cost less than £16 billion, ongoing questions about the need for C...; Mark Field | 465 c206 (Link to this contribution) I speak as someone who was brought up in Reading, although I am speaking for neither Reading, East n...; Tom Harris | 465 c206 (Link to this contribution) You took the words right out of my mouth, Mr. Deputy Speaker. That subject has not been raised with...; Speaker | 465 c206 (Link to this contribution) Order. Before the Minister responds to that last point, which I am happy for him to do, I must remin...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 465 c206 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way to me, especially as I have been present in the Chamber...; Martin Salter | 465 c205 (Link to this contribution) Members representing Maidenhead, the two Reading constituencies and other points west of London unde...; Tom Harris | 465 c204-5 (Link to this contribution) Those are productive, positive suggestions. It is not for me or for the Government to decide how the...; Stephen Hammond | 465 c204 (Link to this contribution) We were seeking to discuss those matters in Committee to obtain reassurances about the robustness of...; Tom Harris | 465 c206 (Link to this contribution) I shall not pass judgment on the point that the hon. Gentleman is making. The principle of the Bill ...; Richard Younger-Ross | 465 c206 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way?; Tom Brake | 465 c203 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for picking up on that point. Do the Government already have any proposals in m...; Tom Harris | 465 c202-3 (Link to this contribution) That was before either of us was a Member of the House, so I will move swiftly on. The hon. Gentlem...; Rob Wilson | 465 c202 (Link to this contribution) I support the carry-over motion. I thank hon. Members who served on the Select Committee; it must ha...; Stephen Hammond | 465 c202 (Link to this contribution) In the interests of ensuring that history is correct, the Minister will therefore want to say that w...; Tom Harris | 465 c202 (Link to this contribution) With the leave of the House, I would like to respond to as many as possible of the points that have ...; Speaker | 465 c201 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman is rehearsing arguments that have probably been heard previously. He knows...; Martin Salter | 465 c200-1 (Link to this contribution) I rise, as other hon. Members have, to support the carry-over motion. None of my comments should be ...; Tom Harris | 465 c203-4 (Link to this contribution) I cannot offer any specific details today, but I will be more than happy to follow that point up in ...; Mark Field | 465 c194-5 (Link to this contribution) That is a legitimate point, but the discussion has been going on for some years without any firm fun...; Peter Soulsby | 465 c195-6 (Link to this contribution) I support the carry-over motion. It is no coincidence that, as Members reminded us, the Select Commi...; Tom Brake | 465 c194 (Link to this contribution) The fact that the hon. Gentleman is using figures that are slightly different from mine reinforces t...; Simon Hughes | 465 c198 (Link to this contribution) I am another veteran of the saga—and, indeed, of the Jubilee line extension process, the saga before...; Stephen Hammond | 465 c198 (Link to this contribution) I assume that the hon. Gentleman and his hon. Friends agree that it is essential that when we get th...; Speaker | 465 c196 (Link to this contribution) Order. I hate to reduce the hon. Gentleman's time addressing the House, but we do not need to go dow...; Peter Soulsby | 465 c196-8 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I entirely accept your guidance on that matter. There will no doubt b...; Simon Hughes | 465 c199-200 (Link to this contribution) That element is absolutely imperative. I see the hon. Member for Reading, West (Martin Salter) in hi...; Simon Hughes | 465 c198 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree, and my hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington and I deduce that the ...; Tom Brake | 465 c199 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that there is not only the potential scenario whereby the funding package ...; Tom Harris | 465 c205-6 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that the answer is no. I do not want to encourage the House to believe that we could reo...; Tom Harris | 465 c206-7 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has not been present for any part of the debate, so I hope that he will forgive m...
Subjects: Construction Elizabeth line Crossrail Finance Greater London Environmental impact assessment Railway stations Railways Railway network Public participation Reading (Berkshire) Underground railways
Legislation: Crossrail Bill 2004/05 to 2005-06 to 2006-07 to 2007-08
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Crossrail Bill (Carry-over)

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