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Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Thursday, 26 June 2008, in the House of Lords.

Crossrail Bill

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
702 c673-716GC 
Session
2007-08
Department
Department for Transport
Legislative stage
Committee stage
Procedure
New clauses
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Related items
Crossrail Bill. As amended by the Select Committee.
Monday, 19 May 2008
Bills
House of Lords
Railways (London Regional Transport) (Exemptions) Order 1994
Tuesday, 8 March 1994
Statutory instruments
House of Commons
House of Lords
Greater London Authority Act 1999
Thursday, 11 November 1999
Public acts
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Railways Act 1993
Friday, 5 November 1993
Public acts
Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996
Wednesday, 18 December 1996
Public acts
Proceeding contributions
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | 702 c675-6GC (Link to this contribution) I do not want to spend a great deal of time on paragraphs 232 and 233 of our Select Committee report...
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Lord Bradshaw | 702 c675GC (Link to this contribution) I too thank all noble Lords who participated in the proceedings of the Bill committee, particularly ...
Lord Berkeley | 702 c712GC (Link to this contribution) I very much support the amendment. I think that the noble Lord, Lord Hanningfield, went a little wid...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c712-4GC (Link to this contribution) I cannot believe that. I believe that transparency is important. The noble Lord raised questions abo...
Lord Bradshaw | 702 c704GC (Link to this contribution) I hear what the noble Lord says, but I return to the fact that this is an objectionable subsection; ...
Lord Bradshaw | 702 c680GC (Link to this contribution) While the Minister is thinking about that, I shall add that the situation he has described to us is ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c679GC (Link to this contribution) That is the purpose of the continuing discussions and negotiations. We have to be very careful in ap...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c689-90GC (Link to this contribution) I appreciate that I spoke at some length and it was not easy to follow. It is Thursday afternoon and...
Lord Bradshaw | 702 c689GC (Link to this contribution) Like other Members of the Committee I will read carefully what the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, said. I ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c690-1GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 7: 7: Before Clause 22, insert the following new Clause— ““Duty of ORR to publ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c681-2GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 2: 2: Clause 20, page 14, line 17, at end insert— ““(5) A statutory instrument...
Lord Berkeley | 702 c688-9GC (Link to this contribution) The two amendments tabled in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, and the amendments t...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c710GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 38: 38: Clause 65, page 39, line 34, leave out ““(except in the expression ““f...
Lord Hanningfield | 702 c715-6GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for that answer. We will consider before Report whether there is enough scrut...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c695-7GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 14: 14: Clause 36, page 25, line 30, leave out ““the LRT Order or”” The noble...
Lord Berkeley | 702 c693-4GC (Link to this contribution) I should like to go back to the amendments in the name of my noble friend. He talked about the amend...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c691-2GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 9: 9: Clause 35, page 25, line 23, leave out from ““agreement”” to end and ins...
Lord Berkeley | 702 c702-3GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my noble friend for his explanation of the context of Amendment No. 20, which we al...
Lord Bradshaw | 702 c703GC (Link to this contribution) I support what the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, has said. Clause 41(3) is actually quite objectionable...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c699-700GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hanningfield, for his amendment. He confessed that he accepts ...
Lord Berkeley | 702 c679-80GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my noble friend. I think he said that the Government’s intention was to comply with...
Lord Hanningfield | 702 c680-1GC (Link to this contribution) We have had an interesting discussion on this issue. I do not think that we have solved it and discu...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c680GC (Link to this contribution) Network Rail is already in the business of timetable control and applied for the access option to ru...
Lord Hanningfield | 702 c690GC (Link to this contribution) I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, that we will want to read the Minister’s remarks in some...
Lord Hanningfield | 702 c687-8GC (Link to this contribution) moved, as an amendment to Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4: 4: Before Clause 22, line 6, at end in...
Lord Berkeley | 702 c674GC (Link to this contribution) I shall speak to my Amendment No. 21, to which the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, has added his name, an...
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 702 c673GC (Link to this contribution) I remind the Committee that if there is a Division in the Chamber when we are sitting, the Committee...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c710GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 37: 37: Clause 63, page 38, line 47, at end insert— ““(6) A statutory instrume...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c708-10GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, is exercising his mind on this matter, as one would expect. He is, af...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c710GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 35 and 36: 35: Clause 60, page 36, line 26, leave out from ““(1)”” to end of...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c705-6GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 27: 27: After Clause 47, insert the following new Clause— ““Application of Gre...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c705GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 25 and 26: 25: Schedule 12, page 203, line 38, at end insert ““(or the perso...
Lord Hanningfield | 702 c710-2GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 39: 39: Clause 66, page 40, line 28, at end insert— ““(2) CLRL shall publish a...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c712GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord is seeking to ensure transparency, which is always a desirable objective.
Lord Hanningfield | 702 c697-8GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 19: 19: Clause 37, page 26, line 46, at end insert ““provided that 6 months no...
Lord Bradshaw | 702 c698GC (Link to this contribution) I support the noble Lord, Lord Hanningfield, because we are all well aware that there have been some...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c697GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 15 to 18: 15: Clause 36, page 25, leave out lines 39 and 40 16: Clause 36,...
Lord Bradshaw | 702 c692-3GC (Link to this contribution) I wonder whether I might reply to this amendment and at the same time, with the leave of the Committ...
Lord Berkeley | 702 c704GC (Link to this contribution) I know that the arbiter for the PPP is a different name and has different functions from the ORR, bu...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c705GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 24: 24: Schedule 12, page 203, line 22, at end insert— ““Agreements relating t...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c703-4GC (Link to this contribution) I repeat what I said earlier. While I sort of understand why the noble Viscount, Lord Colville, migh...
Lord Hanningfield | 702 c679GC (Link to this contribution) I am a bit concerned about the Minister’s answer. It was technical, of course, but I think he said t...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c676-9GC (Link to this contribution) The thanks have all been given. I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hanningfield, and my noble fri...
Earl of Mar and Kellie | 702 c675GC (Link to this contribution) These amendments are very important. It is essential that we retain as much flexibility as possible ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c690GC (Link to this contribution) If an event requires thinking through and digesting, of course the ORR will want to report on it and...
Lord Berkeley | 702 c690GC (Link to this contribution) Will my noble friend give a quick example? It may be clear to him but it is not quite clear to me.
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c682-7GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 3: 3: Before Clause 22, insert the following new Clause— ““Objective of ORR in...
Lord Berkeley | 702 c674-5GC (Link to this contribution) There are two? I am terribly sorry. I am surrounded by members of the Select Committee, which makes ...
Lord Hanningfield | 702 c673-4GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 1: 1: Clause 1, page 2, line 4, at end insert— ““( ) The nominated undertaker ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c706GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 28 to 34: 28: Schedule 13, page 208, line 25, after ““paragraph”” insert ““3...
Lord Berkeley | 702 c707-8GC (Link to this contribution) My name is down to this clause stand part debate, and I support what the noble Lord said. Clearly an...
Lord Bradshaw | 702 c707GC (Link to this contribution) Yes, Shenfield. Those people who travel from further out—Reading, Twyford, Maidenhead on the western...
Lord Bradshaw | 702 c706GC (Link to this contribution) This brings us to the issue of the application of the Bill to extensions. Our amendment requiring th...
Lord Berkeley | 702 c698-9GC (Link to this contribution) I support this amendment. I am not sure that this section of the Railways Act—I do not have a copy o...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c695GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 10 to 12: 10: Clause 35, page 25, line 23, at end insert— ““( ) The followin...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c694-5GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, for regrouping the amendments, and I will address hi...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c704-5GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 23: 23: Schedule 12, page 197, line 34, at end insert— ““Scheme for grant of l...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c700-2GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 20: 20: Clause 40, page 28, line 19, at end insert— ““( ) Subsections (1) and ...
Lord Hanningfield | 702 c700GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that reply. It does not completely reassure me; I will read his answer agai...
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Access Disclosure of information Construction Arbitration Cooperation Annual reports Elizabeth line Crossrail Delegated legislation Land Greater London EU law Infrastructure Exemptions High speed trains Public appointments Property transfer Railway stations Railway network Network Rail Public private partnerships Reading (Berkshire) Regulation Safety Repairs and maintenance Underground railways Transport for London Tunnels Civil engineering Travel information Henry VIII clauses Maidenhead Office of Rail Regulation
Legislation
Crossrail Bill 2004/05 to 2005-06 to 2006-07 to 2007-08
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