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SUPPLEMENT TO THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

Thursday 31 October 2013

Report Stage Proceedings

High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill, As Amended

New Clause

Consequential spending for Wales

Jonathan Edwards

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

Hywel Williams

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

Not selected  NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘An amount equal to the annual expenditure under this Act multiplied by the ratio

of the population of Wales to that of England will be allocated to the assigned

Departmental Expenditure Limit for Wales by HM Treasury for the duration of

expenditure on the high speed railway transport network.’.

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr William Cash

Negatived  18

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  5,  leave out ‘at least’.

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr William Cash

Not called  12

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  10,  leave out ‘and’.

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Not called  13

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  11,  after ‘Manchester’, add ‘and one or more towns or cities

in Scotland’.

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High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill, continued

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

Not called  28

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  11,  at end insert ‘Scottish destinations’.

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mrs Caroline Spelman

Mr William Cash

Not called  14

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  12,  at end insert ‘, and any newly constructed railway lines,

roads, airports and light railways’.

Mary Creagh

Mr Robert Goodwill

Lilian Greenwood

Mrs Caroline Spelman

Agreed to  17

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  12,  at end insert ‘as well as with such other parts of the

transport network (including roads, footpaths, cycleways, airports and light railways) as

the Secretary of State considers appropriate.’.

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr William Cash

Not called  19

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  12,  at end insert—

‘(c)
extends substantially no further than Phases One and Two of the High

Speed 2 network connecting the places set out in section 1(2)(a).’.

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr William Cash

Negatived  20

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  12,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
Expenditure permitted under this Act and in connection with the network

(including rolling stock to be used on it) is limited to £50 billion.’.

Mr Christopher Chope

Mr William Cash

Not selected  29

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  12,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
No expenditure shall be incurred under this section unless it has been matched by

an equivalent or similar sum paid or guaranteed from non-taxpayer funded

sources.’.

Mr Christopher Chope

Mr William Cash

Not called  30

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  12,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
Expenditure under this Act shall be limited to £5 billion.’.

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High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill, continued

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr William Cash

Not called  15

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  13,  leave out ‘includes’ and insert ‘is restricted to’.

Mr William Cash

Not selected  32


Clause  1,  page  1,  line  21,  leave out ‘and’.

Mrs Caroline Spelman

Frank Dobson

Jeremy Corbyn

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr William Cash

Not called  10

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  at end insert ‘and

(d)
implementing a scheme for the issuing of transferable bonds in respect of

affected properties, reflecting the difference between the blighted and

unblighted price.’.

Mrs Caroline Spelman

Frank Dobson

Jeremy Corbyn

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr William Cash

Not called  11

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  at end insert—

‘(d)
in ensuring (which shall be a statutory duty of the Secretary of State) that

construction of the network and related infrastructure does not result in

any net loss of biodiversity, through steps such as avoidance, mitigation

and offsetting.’.

Frank Dobson

Jeremy Corbyn

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

John McDonnell

Mrs Caroline Spelman

Mr William Cash

Not called  2

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  at end insert—

‘(4A)
Any scheme of compensation provided for under this Act shall include

compensation for any loss of business resulting from any preparatory work and

consequent construction work.’.

Frank Dobson

Jeremy Corbyn

John McDonnell

Not called  3

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  at end insert—

‘(4A)
Any scheme of compensation provided for under this Act shall not discriminate

in entitlement or quantum between urban, rural or suburban areas.’.

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Mary Creagh

Lilian Greenwood

Not selected  4

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  at end insert—

‘(4A)
The Secretary of State must within six months bring forward specific measures to

mitigate the impact of construction work in the area around the planned terminus

at London Euston station.’.

Mrs Caroline Spelman

Frank Dobson

Jeremy Corbyn

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr William Cash

Not called  9

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  at end insert—

‘(4A)
Any compensation scheme established under or operated in connection with this

Act shall provide for fair and generous compensation in relation to property and

businesses affected by construction compound areas or potential construction

compound areas connected with the network.

(4B)
Any compensation scheme established under or operated in connection with this

Act shall—

(a)
be based on an ownership rather than a residency requirement and

include reasonable provision in relation to co-owners;

(b)
include a valuation procedure conducted by an independent body such as

the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and an affordable appeal

procedure (not involving the Upper Tribunal of the Lands Chamber).

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mrs Caroline Spelman

Mr William Cash

Not called  21

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  at end insert—

‘(4)
No payments in connection with expenditure under this Act shall be made to

personal service companies, meaning any body set up for the purposes of

allowing an individual or group of individuals to receive payments indirectly,

including so as to reduce any part of their tax liability. The Secretary of State shall

have power to make rules defining such companies, which shall be laid before

and approved by resolution of both Houses of Parliament.’.

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr William Cash

Not called  22

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  at end insert—

‘(4)
No bonuses shall be paid to any person working on the network or the preparatory

work for it, and the expenditure authorised under this Act does not extend to the

payment of any bonus. The Secretary of State shall have power to make rules

defining such bonuses, which shall be laid before and approved by resolution of

both Houses of Parliament.’.

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High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill, continued

Mr William Cash

Not selected  33


Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  at end insert ‘, and

(d)
in implementing a scheme for the issuing of transferable bonds in respect

of affected properties allowing owners of such properties to require their

purchase at unblighted prices.’.

Mr William Cash

Not selected  34


Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  at end insert—

‘(4A)
Expenditure mentioned in subsection (4)(b) and (c) shall be minimized so far as

reasonably practicable through agreements with owners of affected properties

with the purpose of mitigating the impacts of the network referred to in subsection

(1) on those properties.’.

Mr William Cash

Not selected  35


Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  at end insert—

‘(4A)
In incurring any expenditure mentioned in subsection (4) the Secretary of State or

any other person authorised by the Secretary of State to incur such expenditure

shall be under a duty to act fairly towards the owner of any property being

acquired and any claimant for compensation.

(4B)
The Secretary of State shall issue a code of practice specifying how the duty

referred to in subsection (4A) is to be discharged.

(4C)
The code—

(a)
shall not be issued unless a draft has been laid before Parliament, and

(b)
shall come into force in accordance with provision made by order of the

Secretary of State.

(4D)
The Secretary of State shall from time to time review the code and may revise and

re-issue it following a review and a reference in this section to the code includes

a reference to the code as revised.’.

Jonathan Edwards

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

Hywel Williams

Not called  27

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  2,  at end insert ‘For the purposes of Barnett formula

spending, the network shall be designated an England-only project.’.

Mary Creagh

Mr Robert Goodwill

Lilian Greenwood

Mrs Caroline Spelman

Agreed to  25

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  12,  at end insert—

‘( )
the extent to which expenditure incurred under section 1 during that year

represents an overspend or underspend as against the budget for such expenditure

for the year;

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High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill, continued

( )
the likely effect of any such overspend or underspend on a total budget of £50.1

billion in 2011 prices (which includes construction and the price of rolling

stock).’.

Mary Creagh

Lilian Greenwood

Not called  8

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  15,  at end insert—

‘(d)
the number and value of contracts placed with—

(i)
UK companies with fewer than 500 employees,

(ii)
UK companies with more than 500 employees, and

(iii)
non-UK companies.’.

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mrs Caroline Spelman

Mr William Cash

Not called  16

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  15,  at end insert—

‘(d)
all expenditure in all departments across Government on matters related

to the high speed railway transport network.’.

Mary Creagh

Mr Robert Goodwill

Lilian Greenwood

Mrs Caroline Spelman

Agreed to  26

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  15,  at end insert—

‘( )
Each report must also contain an account of the vocational qualifications gained

during the financial year by individuals employed by persons appointed under an

enactment to carry out activities in connection with preparing for, and

constructing, the network referred to in subsection (2).’.

Mary Creagh

Lilian Greenwood

Not called  6

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  24,  at end add—

‘(6)
As soon as is reasonably practicable after preparatory spending ceases the

Secretary of State will place before Parliament a final financial report, setting out

all spending authorised by this legislation and including equivalent information

to that required under subsection (2).’.

Mr Christopher Chope

Mr William Cash

Not called  31

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  24,  at end add—

‘(6)
Within six months of Royal Assent the Secretary of State shall present to

Parliament an estimate of the expenditure to be incurred under section 1 during

the period ending on 31 March 2015.

(7)
On or before 30 September 2015 and on the anniversary thereof in each

subsequent year the Secretary of State shall present to Parliament an estimate of

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the expenditure to be incurred under section 1 during the year ending 31 March

following the date of such presentation.’.

John McDonnell

Not called  23

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  27,  leave out ‘comes into force on the day on which it is

passed’ and insert ‘shall not come into force until the Secretary of State has published

detailed proposals for the Government’s preferred route directly connecting the network

with Heathrow airport, has consulted with those residents, local authorities and businesses

which may be affected by this connecting route and has published measures to mitigate

and compensate for the social, economic and environmental impact, of the line.’.

Bill read the third time on division, and passed.



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