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Crossrail Bill

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

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

702 c673-716GC 

Session

2007-08

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Procedure

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Chamber / Committee

House of Lords Grand Committee
Crossrail Bill. As amended in Grand Committee on Re-Commitment.
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Bills
House of Lords
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 Lords
House of Commons
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
Crossrail Bill. Crossrail Bill Select Committee special report. In 4 volumes.
Monday, 19 May 2008
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords

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...
Lord Snape | 702 c674GC (Link to this contribution) There is another one.

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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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