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| New Amendments handed in are marked thus  |
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| Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance
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| Infrastructure Bill [Lords]
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 23, at end insert— |
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| | “( ) | Before appointing a strategic highways company the Secretary of State must |
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| | consult all highways authorities in the area to be specified under section 1(a) |
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| | responsible for roads in that area other than the roads specified under 1(b). This |
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| | (a) | the structure of the new organisation; |
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| | (b) | the appointment of at least one non-executive director representing those |
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| | authorities to the board of the new company; and |
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| | (c) | any other matter which the Secretary of State deems relevant.” |
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| Clause 3, page 3, line 4, after first “the”, insert “joint social, economic and |
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| Clause 3, page 3, line 7, at end insert— |
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| | “(c) | the anticipated impact of the Roads Investment Strategy upon the |
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| | condition and development of the local roads network and local transport |
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| | (d) | the anticipated impact of the Roads Investment Strategy on links with |
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| | other nationally and regionally significant transport and infrastructure |
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| | projects, including ports and airports; and |
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| | (e) | the anticipated impact of the Roads Investment Strategy on the growth |
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| | plans of city regions and sub-regional bodies.” |
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| Clause 3, page 3, line 7, at end insert— |
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| | “(c) | how the strategic highways company will co-operate with Network Rail |
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| | for the effective integration of strategic road and rail planning and |
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| | development, including a long route or utilisation strategies.” |
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| Clause 3, page 3, line 7, at end insert— |
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| | “(c) | a target for vocational qualifications to be gained by individuals |
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| | employed by the strategic highways company and carrying out activities |
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| | in connection with preparing for, and constructing, the network referred |
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| Clause 4, page 3, line 31, at end insert— |
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| | “(c) | provision of services for the conveyance of passengers or freight” |
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| Clause 4, page 3, line 32, at beginning insert “In order to contribute to the |
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| achievement of sustainable development” |
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| Clause 4, page 3, line 33, leave out “effect of” and insert “desirability of securing |
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| Clause 5, page 3, line 36, at end insert— |
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| | “( ) | Nothing in this Act shall alter the accountability of the Secretary of State to |
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| | Parliament for the highways specified under section 2(1)(b) |
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| Clause 5, page 3, line 39, at end insert “including on matters of remuneration, |
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| management, financial arrangements and staffing” |
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| Clause 8, page 5, line 40, after “authority”, insert— |
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| | “( ) | how the strategic highways company’s exercise of its functions or |
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| | achievement of its objectives affects communities located near the |
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| | highways for which it is the highway authority.” |
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| Clause 8, page 5, line 40, after “authority”, insert— |
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| | “( ) | the views of road users in general; and |
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| Clause 9, page 6, line 22, leave out “Office of Rail Regulation” and insert “Office |
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| of Road and Rail Regulation” |
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| Clause 10, page 7, line 2, leave out “Office of Rail Regulation” and insert “Office |
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| of Road and Rail Regulation” |
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| Clause 11, page 7, line 12, leave out “Office of Rail Regulation” and insert “Office |
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| of Road and Rail Regulation” |
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| Clause 12, page 7, line 32, leave out “Office of Rail Regulation” and insert “Office |
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| of Road and Rail Regulation” |
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| Clause 36, page 39, line 10, after “industry”, insert “and the co-ordination of the |
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| transportation and storage of CO2” |
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| Clause 38, page 45, line 22, at end insert— |
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| | “(3A) | The Secretary of State shall, before the award of licences in relation to the use of |
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| | deep-level land for onshore oil and gas exploration, issue additional planning |
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| | guidance introducing a presumption against such developments within or under |
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| | protected areas and functionally linked land.” |
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| Clause 39, page 45, line 32, leave out “any substance” and insert “substances |
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| approved by the Environment Agency” |
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| Clause 39, page 46, line 2, after “use”, insert “, subject to the conditions laid out in |
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| Clause 39, page 46, line 3, at end insert— |
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| | (a) | The right of use shall be conditional on operators undertaking site-by-site |
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| | measurement, monitoring and public disclosure of existing and future |
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| | (b) | In this section, “fugitive emissions” shall mean releases arising from, but |
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| | not limited to, flaring, venting, storage and transportation leakages.” |
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| Clause 39, page 46, line 3, at end insert— |
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| | “( ) | Before a well design is commenced or adopted in connection with the |
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| | exploitation of petroleum the right of use requires the Health and Safety |
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| | Executive to inspect the well so as to satisfy itself that— |
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| | (a) | so far as is reasonably practicable, there can be no unplanned escape of |
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| | fluids from the well; and |
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| | (b) | risks to the health and safety of persons from it or anything in it, or in |
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| | strata to which it is connected, are as low as is reasonably practicable. |
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| | ( ) | Where the Health and Safety Executive is satisfied that a condition in subsection |
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| | ( ) is met, it shall give notice to the Secretary of State. |
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| | ( ) | The Secretary of State shall publish the information received from the Health and |
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| | Safety Executive in accordance with sub-paragraph ( ).” |
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| Clause 49, page 54, line 41, leave out subsection (2). |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment removes the words inserted by the Lords to avoid questions of privilege. |
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| | | “Exploitation of petroleum on deep-level land: cumulative impacts |
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| | The Secretary of State should amend the National Planning Policy Framework to |
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| | require planning authorities to consider the cumulative impacts of exploiting |
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| | petroleum on deep-level land.” |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Underground access: environmental protection |
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| | (1) | All sites extracting petroleum under the provisions of section 38 must— |
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| | (a) | carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment; |
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| | (b) | ensure that independent inspections are carried out of the integrity of |
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| | (c) | publicly disclose the chemicals used for the extraction process, and the |
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| | proportions in which they are used on a well-by-well basis; |
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| | (d) | consult with the relevant water company; and |
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| | (e) | carry out monitoring over the previous 12 month period. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State shall by regulations specify what data shall be required |
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| | (3) | Regulations under subsection (2) must specify as required data the levels of |
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| | methane in the groundwater and ecological studies, that data shall include but is |
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| | not limited to levels of methane in the groundwater and ecological studies. |
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| | (4) | Regulations under subsection (2) must be made by statutory instrument and may |
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| | not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by |
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| | a resolution of each House of Parliament.” |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Shale gas extraction: devolution |
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| | (1) | The Scotland Act 1998 is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | In Schedule 5, Part II, section D2, after “gas other than through pipes.”, insert— |
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| | | “the licensing of onshore shale gas extraction underlying Scotland. |
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| | | responsibility for mineral access rights for onshore extraction of shale |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | Within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, Her Majesty’s |
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| | Government shall lay before Parliament a strategy which establishes long-term |
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| | commitment and funding to increase rates of walking and cycling, including in |
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| | the planning of infrastructure projects.” |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | (1) | The strategic highways company shall produce route strategies for all highways |
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| | under its control (“specified highways”) and shall ensure such strategies remain |
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| | (2) | In deciding how to divide up specified highways into route strategies, the |
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| | strategic highways company shall have due regard to local government |
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| | boundaries and travel to work areas. |
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| | (3) | Route strategies shall consider— |
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| | (a) | other transport modes, including railways and port facilities, that are |
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| | served by specified highways or run parallel to them; |
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| | (b) | the interaction between specified highways and other highways; |
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| | (c) | opportunities to secure the expeditious movement of people and freight; |
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| | (d) | opportunities to reduce environmental impacts. |
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| | (4) | The strategic highways company must— |
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| | (a) | carry out such consultation, and arrange for such publicity, as the |
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| | strategic highways company thinks appropriate in relation to a route |
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| | (b) | consult such persons, and such descriptions of persons, as may be |
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| | (c) | have regard to the responses to the consultation and publicity in deciding |
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| | whether to proceed with a route strategy. |
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| | (5) | In setting or varying a Roads Investment Strategy, the Secretary of State shall |
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| | have due regard to route strategies. |
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| | (6) | The Secretary of State may make regulations about route strategies.” |
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| Schedule 1, page 69, line 17, at end insert— |
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| | “Public Records Act 1958 (c. 51) |
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| | 67A | In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958, in the table at the end of |
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| | paragraph 3, at the appropriate place in Part 2 insert “A strategic highways |
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| | company for the time being appointed under Part 1 of the Infrastructure Act |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would cause the administrative records of a strategic highways company to be |
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| | public records for the purposes of the Public Records Act 1958, and would cause the company to |
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| | have duties under the Act in relation to the preservation of those records. |
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| Schedule 2, page 82, line 17, after “relate”, insert— |
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| | “(d) | the circumstances in which the Road Investment Strategy will allow the |
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| | strategic highways company to undertake commercial services or charge |
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| Schedule 2, page 82, line 23, after “and”, insert— |
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| | “(i) | how that strategy is expected to impact upon the condition and |
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| | development of the local road network and local transport |
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| | provision and the growth plans of city regions and sub- |
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| | (ii) | how that strategy is expected to impact on the growth plans of |
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| | city regions and sub-regional bodies; |
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| | (iii) | how that strategy is expected to impact upon the condition and |
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| | development of links with other nationally and regionally |
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| | significant transport and infrastructure projects, including |
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