House of Commons Amendments

Session 2014 - 15
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Notices of Amendments

given up to and including

Friday 12 December 2014

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Public Bill Committee

Infrastructure Bill [Lords]

Richard Burden

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  23,  at end insert—

“( )
Before appointing a strategic highways company the Secretary of State must

consult all highways authorities in the area to be specified under section 1(a)

responsible for roads in that area other than the roads specified under 1(b). This

consultation must cover—

(a)
the structure of the new organisation;

(b)
the appointment of at least one non-executive director representing those

authorities to the board of the new company; and

(c)
any other matter which the Secretary of State deems relevant.”

Richard Burden

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  4,  after first “the”, insert “joint social, economic and

environmental”

Richard Burden

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  7,  at end insert—

“(c)
the anticipated impact of the Roads Investment Strategy upon the

condition and development of the local roads network and local transport

provision;

(d)
the anticipated impact of the Roads Investment Strategy on links with

other nationally and regionally significant transport and infrastructure

projects, including ports and airports; and

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(e)
the anticipated impact of the Roads Investment Strategy on the growth

plans of city regions and sub-regional bodies.”

Richard Burden

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  7,  at end insert—

“(c)
how the strategic highways company will co-operate with Network Rail

for the effective integration of strategic road and rail planning and

development, including a long route or utilisation strategies.”

Richard Burden

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  7,  at end insert—

“(c)
a target for vocational qualifications to be gained by individuals

employed by the strategic highways company and carrying out activities

in connection with preparing for, and constructing, the network referred

to in section 1(1)(b)

Richard Burden

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  31,  at end insert—

“(c)
provision of services for the conveyance of passengers or freight”

Richard Burden

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  32,  at beginning insert “In order to contribute to the

achievement of sustainable development”

Richard Burden

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  33,  leave out “effect of” and insert “desirability of securing

improvements through”

Richard Burden

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  36,  at end insert—

“( )
Nothing in this Act shall alter the accountability of the Secretary of State to

Parliament for the highways specified under section 2(1)(b)

Richard Burden

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  39,  at end insert “including on matters of remuneration,

management, financial arrangements and staffing”

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Richard Burden

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  40,  after “authority”, insert—

“( )
how the strategic highways company’s exercise of its functions or

achievement of its objectives affects communities located near the

highways for which it is the highway authority.”

Richard Burden

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  40,  after “authority”, insert—

“( )
the views of road users in general; and

( )
the environment.”

Richard Burden

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  22,  leave out “Office of Rail Regulation” and insert “Office

of Road and Rail Regulation”

Richard Burden

Clause  10,  page  7,  line  2,  leave out “Office of Rail Regulation” and insert “Office

of Road and Rail Regulation”

Richard Burden

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  12,  leave out “Office of Rail Regulation” and insert “Office

of Road and Rail Regulation”

Richard Burden

Clause  12,  page  7,  line  32,  leave out “Office of Rail Regulation” and insert “Office

of Road and Rail Regulation”

Tom Greatrex

Clause  36,  page  39,  line  10,  after “industry”, insert “and the co-ordination of the

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transportation and storage of CO2”

Tom Greatrex

Clause  38,  page  45,  line  22,  at end insert—

“(3A)
The Secretary of State shall, before the award of licences in relation to the use of

deep-level land for onshore oil and gas exploration, issue additional planning

guidance introducing a presumption against such developments within or under

protected areas and functionally linked land.”

Tom Greatrex

Clause  39,  page  45,  line  32,  leave out “any substance” and insert “substances

approved by the Environment Agency”

Tom Greatrex

Clause  39,  page  46,  line  2,  after “use”, insert “, subject to the conditions laid out in

planning permission”

Tom Greatrex

Clause  39,  page  46,  line  3,  at end insert—

“(3A)

(a)
The right of use shall be conditional on operators undertaking site-by-site

measurement, monitoring and public disclosure of existing and future

fugitive emissions.

(b)
In this section, “fugitive emissions” shall mean releases arising from, but

not limited to, flaring, venting, storage and transportation leakages.”

Tom Greatrex

Clause  39,  page  46,  line  3,  at end insert—

“( )
Before a well design is commenced or adopted in connection with the

exploitation of petroleum the right of use requires the Health and Safety

Executive to inspect the well so as to satisfy itself that—

(a)
so far as is reasonably practicable, there can be no unplanned escape of

fluids from the well; and

(b)
risks to the health and safety of persons from it or anything in it, or in

strata to which it is connected, are as low as is reasonably practicable.

( )
Where the Health and Safety Executive is satisfied that a condition in subsection

( ) is met, it shall give notice to the Secretary of State.

( )
The Secretary of State shall publish the information received from the Health and

Safety Executive in accordance with sub-paragraph ( ).”

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Mr John Hayes

Clause  49,  page  54,  line  41,  leave out subsection (2).

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment removes the words inserted by the Lords to avoid questions of privilege.

New Clauses

Tom Greatrex

NC1

To move the following Clause—


“Exploitation of petroleum on deep-level land: cumulative impacts

The Secretary of State should amend the National Planning Policy Framework to

require planning authorities to consider the cumulative impacts of exploiting

petroleum on deep-level land.”

Tom Greatrex

NC2

To move the following Clause—


“Underground access: environmental protection

(1)
All sites extracting petroleum under the provisions of section 38 must—

(a)
carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment;

(b)
ensure that independent inspections are carried out of the integrity of

wells used;

(c)
publicly disclose the chemicals used for the extraction process, and the

proportions in which they are used on a well-by-well basis;

(d)
consult with the relevant water company; and

(e)
carry out monitoring over the previous 12 month period.

(2)
The Secretary of State shall by regulations specify what data shall be required

under paragraph (e).

(3)
Regulations under subsection (2) must specify as required data the levels of

methane in the groundwater and ecological studies, that data shall include but is

not limited to levels of methane in the groundwater and ecological studies.

(4)
Regulations under subsection (2) must be made by statutory instrument and may

not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by

a resolution of each House of Parliament.”

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Tom Greatrex

NC3

To move the following Clause—


“Shale gas extraction: devolution

(1)
The Scotland Act 1998 is amended as follows.

(2)
In Schedule 5, Part II, section D2, after “gas other than through pipes.”, insert—


“the licensing of onshore shale gas extraction underlying Scotland.


responsibility for mineral access rights for onshore extraction of shale

gas in Scotland.”

Richard Burden

NC4

To move the following Clause—


“Walking and cycling

Within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, Her Majesty’s

Government shall lay before Parliament a strategy which establishes long-term

commitment and funding to increase rates of walking and cycling, including in

the planning of infrastructure projects.”

Richard Burden

NC5

To move the following Clause—


“Route Strategies

(1)
The strategic highways company shall produce route strategies for all highways

under its control (“specified highways”) and shall ensure such strategies remain

up to date.

(2)
In deciding how to divide up specified highways into route strategies, the

strategic highways company shall have due regard to local government

boundaries and travel to work areas.

(3)
Route strategies shall consider—

(a)
other transport modes, including railways and port facilities, that are

served by specified highways or run parallel to them;

(b)
the interaction between specified highways and other highways;

(c)
opportunities to secure the expeditious movement of people and freight;

and

(d)
opportunities to reduce environmental impacts.

(4)
The strategic highways company must—

(a)
carry out such consultation, and arrange for such publicity, as the

strategic highways company thinks appropriate in relation to a route

strategy;

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(b)
consult such persons, and such descriptions of persons, as may be

prescribed;

(c)
have regard to the responses to the consultation and publicity in deciding

whether to proceed with a route strategy.

(5)
In setting or varying a Roads Investment Strategy, the Secretary of State shall

have due regard to route strategies.

(6)
The Secretary of State may make regulations about route strategies.”

Mr John Hayes


Schedule  1,  page  69,  line  17,  at end insert—

“Public Records Act 1958 (c. 51)

67A
In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958, in the table at the end of

paragraph 3, at the appropriate place in Part 2 insert “A strategic highways

company for the time being appointed under Part 1 of the Infrastructure Act

2014.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would cause the administrative records of a strategic highways company to be

public records for the purposes of the Public Records Act 1958, and would cause the company to

have duties under the Act in relation to the preservation of those records.

Richard Burden

Schedule  2,  page  82,  line  17,  after “relate”, insert—

“(d)
the circumstances in which the Road Investment Strategy will allow the

strategic highways company to undertake commercial services or charge

for services”

Richard Burden

Schedule  2,  page  82,  line  23,  after “and”, insert—

“(i)
how that strategy is expected to impact upon the condition and

development of the local road network and local transport

provision and the growth plans of city regions and sub-

regions;

(ii)
how that strategy is expected to impact on the growth plans of

city regions and sub-regional bodies;

(iii)
how that strategy is expected to impact upon the condition and

development of links with other nationally and regionally

significant transport and infrastructure projects, including

ports and airports; and



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