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The amendments have been marshalled in accordance with the Instruction of 25th June 2014, as follows—
| Clause 1 Schedule 1 Clauses 2 and 3 Schedule 2 Clauses 4 to 10 Schedule 3 | Clauses 11 to 23 Schedule 4 Clauses 24 to 26 Schedule 5 Clauses 27 to 32 |
[Amendments marked * are new or have been altered]
Clause 1
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
Page 1, line 5, leave out “one or more companies” and insert “a company”
LORD WHITTY
Page 1, line 6, leave out “or more companies as a highway authority” and insert
“company as the strategic highways authority for England”
Page 1, line 10, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert—
“(3) The company designated under this section is called the Strategic
Highways Company.
(4) The designated Strategic Highways Company shall not cease to be wholly
owned by the Secretary of State unless by Act of Parliament.”
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 1
stand part of the Bill.
Schedule 1
LORD WHITTY
Page 31, line 35, at end insert—
“( ) The Strategic Highways Company shall be responsible for the
construction, improvement and maintenance of the strategic
highways network for which it is the authority; and for the
management of safety of that network, the development of traffic
management and speed control systems on that network and for
meeting objectives for reduction of emissions of greenhouse
gases, pollution of water run-off, air quality and other
environmental objectives and for engagement with private and
commercial road users and with local communities.
( ) The Strategic Highways Company shall have responsibility for
research and development in the fields of road construction and
maintenance, traffic and safety controls and telemetric
information on its network, and in so doing, the strategic
highways company may contract to or enter partnership with
other organisations.”
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
Page 35, line 16, leave out sub-paragraph (3)
LORD BERKELEY
Page 51, line 40, at end insert—
“(1) Section 86 (Preliminary) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (9), leave out “which is a special road”.
(3) In subsection (11), after “highway or roads authority” insert “, or, in
respect of a trunk road that is not a special road, from strategic highways
company to the local authority.”
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
LORD JUDD
LORD BERKELEY
Page 55, line 39, at end insert—
“( ) In the definition of “appropriate national authority”, for “Secretary of
State” substitute “Office of Rail Regulation”.”
Clause 2
LORD WHITTY
Page 2, line 8, leave out “a” and insert “the”
Page 2, line 8, leave out from “must” to end of line 12 and insert “cover the whole
of England and highways in England for which the company is to be the highways
authority”
Page 2, line 13, at beginning insert “In the first instance, highways specified under
subsection (1) shall be those theretofore managed by the Highways Agency;
thereafter”
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
Page 2, line 17, leave out subsection (4)
Page 2, line 19, at end insert—
“( ) Before establishing a strategic highways company, the Secretary of State
must consult all highways authorities in the area specified under
subsection (1)(a) responsible for roads in that area other than the roads
specified under subsection (1)(b), and 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.”
Before Clause 3
LORD BERKELEY
Insert the following new Clause—
(1) A strategic highways company has, in relation to areas for which it is
appointed, duties to—
(a) plan, monitor and manage highways for which it is the highway
authority in order to secure economic, social and environmental
gains jointly and severally,
(b) secure the fullest possible use of sustainable modes of transport,
including by—
(i) widening travel choices;
(ii) unlocking development in locations that are sustainable or
assisting in making them sustainable;
(iii) encouraging highway users to make more efficient use of
vehicles by increasing average occupancy and loading rates;
and
(iv) working in partnership with operators of passenger
transport and freight services, as well as local authorities
and those responsible for major trip generators.”
Clause 3
LORD WHITTY
Page 2, line 34, at end insert “and at least every five years”
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
Page 2, line 40, after first “the” insert “joint social, economic and environmental”
LORD WHITTY
Page 3, line 2, at end insert—
“(c) the way in which the strategy fits within wider planning of a
sustainable transport system.”
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
Page 3, line 2, at end insert—
“( ) the anticipated impact of the Roads Investment Strategy upon the
condition, development and funding of the local roads network and
local transport provision,
( ) the anticipated impact of the Roads Investment Strategy on links
with other nationally and regionally significant infrastructure
projects, including ports and airports, and the impact of projected
vehicle emissions on local air quality.”
LORD WHITTY
Page 3, line 6, at end insert—
“( ) The activities, results and standards in subsection (4) shall include
improvement of performance in network safety, reductions in carbon
emissions, and improvements in environmental objectives as well as issues
of traffic volumes, journey times and new and improved roads.
( ) A reduction in the number of accidents and the number killed or seriously
injured on the highways network shall be a central objective of the Road
Investment Strategy and shall be embedded at the level of design of the
system, at the operational level of network management and in assessment
of individual capital projects.”
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
Page 3, line 8, at end insert—
“( ) The Road Investment Strategy must include details of how the strategic
highways company will co-operate with Network Rail for the effective
integration of strategic road and rail planning and development, including
along route strategies.”
Page 3, line 8, at end insert—
“( ) The Secretary of State must, within one month of publishing a Draft Road
Investment Strategy, begin a consultation on its contents.
( ) The Secretary of State must publish a response to the consultation no later
than a month after the conclusion of the consultation.”
Page 3, line 8, at end insert—
“( ) Following the consultation on the Road Investment Strategy and the
publication by the Secretary of State of a response to that consultation, the
Road Investment Strategy must be laid before and approved by both
Houses of Parliament.”
LORD WHITTY
Page 3, line 14, at end insert—
“( ) Investments in projects on road safety, environmental improvements,
traffic and speed control systems, and demand reduction projects shall be
appraised on the same cost benefit basis as decisions on investment in road
construction and maintenance.”
LORD BERKELEY
Page 3, line 16, at end insert—
“( ) In setting a Road Investment Strategy, the Secretary of State shall publish a
statement of national transport strategy setting out the role of the strategic
highways network and other transport networks with respect to the
Government’s economic, social and environmental objectives for the
transport system.
( ) The national transport strategy shall be kept under review and updated not
less than every five years.
( ) The Road Investment Strategy shall as far as possible be consistent with
and prepared alongside the High Level Output Specification under the
Railways Act 2005 Statement.”
Page 3, line 16, at end insert—
“( ) In setting a Road Investment Strategy, the Secretary of State shall set out—
(a) predicted impacts on carbon emissions and measures proposed to
reduce emissions to the lowest practical level as a result of the
strategy;
(b) means by which the strategy will enhance biodiversity and the
natural environment.”
Schedule 2
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
Page 57, line 26, after “objectives,” insert—
“(ba) the circumstances in which the Road Investment Strategy will
allow the strategic highways company to undertake commercial
services or charge for services”
LORD BERKELEY
Page 57, line 27, at end insert—
“( ) In providing a strategic highways company with proposals for a Road
Investment Strategy, the Secretary of State shall consult and demonstrate
that he has consulted—
(a) Network Rail;
(b) local transport authorities in England;
(c) combined authorities;
(d) statutory environmental bodies;
(e) such other consultees as the Secretary of State considers
appropriate and have an interest in the Road Investment
Strategy.”
LORD WHITTY
Page 57, line 27, at end insert—
“( ) The objectives shall include not only objectives for road building and
maintenance, but also for reduction in accidents and deaths and injuries,
speed control and traffic management; and on engagement with local
communities and the natural environment.”
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
Page 57, line 32, at end insert—
“( ) a statement setting out the regard that the company is to
pay to the National Networks National Policy
Statement,”
Page 57, line 32, at end insert—
“( ) a statement of how that strategy is expected to impact
upon the condition and development of, and funding for,
the local roads network and on transport provision
generally,
( ) a survey conducted within the previous five years of the
structural condition of the strategic and local road
networks,”
Page 58, line 3, after “must” insert “consult local highway authorities about any
proposals or counter proposals that may impact upon their networks and”
LORD BERKELEY
Page 58, line 26, leave out paragraph 6 and insert—
“6 Sections 5 to 10 of the Planning Act 2008 shall apply to the Roads
Investment Strategy as if it were a national policy statement.”
Clause 4
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
Page 3, line 20, at end insert “including on matters of remuneration, management,
financial arrangments and staffing”
LORD WHITTY
Page 3, line 20, at end insert—
“( ) In considering directions or guidance, the Secretary of State shall give due
consideration to issues of road safety and of environmental outcomes.”
Clause 5
LORD TEVERSON
LORD BRADSHAW
Page 3, line 32, leave out “Secretary of State” and insert “Office of Rail Regulation”
Page 3, line 36, leave out “Secretary of State” and insert “Office of Rail Regulation”
Page 3, leave out line 37 and insert “The Office of Rail Regulation must publish, in
such manner as it considers”
Page 3, line 39, leave out “he or she” and insert “it”
Page 3, line 40, at end insert—
“( ) The Secretary of State may issue guidance to the Office of Rail Regulation
about the application of its powers under this section, which may include—
(a) the maximum level of the fine, and
(b) any other matters which he or she may judge appropriate in
discharging this duty.”
Clause 6
VISCOUNT HANWORTH
Page 4, line 4, at end insert—
“( ) The power to set a toll or a tariff on a strategic highway may not be
delegated to any company or person but must remain the sole prerogative
of the Secretary of State.”
After Clause 6
LORD WHITTY
Insert the following new Clause—
The strategic highways company shall have a duty to co-operate with local
highways authorities; Transport for London; local authorities; agencies
including the Environment Agency and the Health and Safety Executive;
local planning authorities; and the police and traffic commissioners; and to
co-operate where appropriate with the National Assembly for Wales and
the Scottish Government.”
Clause 8
LORD WHITTY
Page 5, line 24, at end insert—
“( ) In all enactments the Passengers’ Council shall henceforth be renamed the
“Passenger and Road Users’ Council”.”
LORD BERKELEY
Page 5, line 25, leave out subsections (1) and (2) and insert—
“(1) In all Acts and secondary legislation the Passengers’ Council is renamed
the “Transport Infrastructure and Services Council”.
(2) In this section “relevant activities” mean, in relation to specific highways,
activities to—
(a) protect and promote the interests of users of such highways,
(b) protect and promote the interests of communities impacted upon
by such highways, and
(c) promote the need to reduce impacts of such highways on the
natural and historic environment.
(2A) In this section, consideration of users of highways shall include
consideration of—
(a) potential users, who, in the absence of safe infrastructure or
convenient services, do not currently use or cross over such
highways,
(b) the potential for modal shift to more sustainable modes of
transport, and
(c) the potential to reduce the need to travel, including by making
more efficient use of vehicles, such as through better logistics, and
through better land use and travel planning along such highways.
(2B) The Transport Infrastructure and Services Council must carry out relevant
activities in relation to highways for which a strategic highways company
is the highway authority.
(2C) Those activities may include investigating, publishing reports or giving
advice to the Secretary of State on—
(a) how a strategic highways company’s exercise of its functions or
achievement of its objectives under a Road Investment Strategy is
relevant to the interests listed in subsection (2A),
(b) any other matters which the Council considers to be of use in
relation to relevant activities.”
LORD WHITTY
Page 5, line 25, after “must” insert “establish a capacity to”
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
Page 5, line 26, leave out from “users” to end of line 27 and insert “, or potential
users of highways for which a strategic highways company is the highway
authority, including cyclists and pedestrians”
LORD WHITTY
Page 5, line 27, at end insert—
“( ) The Secretary of State must every three years allocate for a three year
period sufficient resources to the Passengers’ Council to carry out these
activities whether by requiring the Strategic Highways Company to meet
the cost or otherwise.”
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
Page 5, line 32, 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,”
LORD WHITTY
Page 5, line 37, at end insert—
“( ) The Passengers’ Council shall set up a system of dealing with complaints
from road users and others affected by the activities of the strategic
highways company, and the cost of the complaints system shall be covered
by the Secretary of State whether by requiring the strategic highways
company to meet the cost or otherwise.”
Page 6, line 1, leave out “by agreement with a local highway authority”
LORD BERKELEY
Page 6, line 2, leave out from beginning to “highways” and insert “relevant
activities in relation to”
Page 6, line 8, leave out “interest to users” and insert “use regarding relevant
activities”
Page 6, line 9, at end insert—
“( ) In this section, “users” are defined as drivers of motor vehicles, cyclists and
pedestrians.”
Page 6, line 12, at end insert—
“Network Rail.”
Clause 9
LORD WHITTY
Page 6, line 20, at end insert—
“(c) proposing regulations and enforcement powers governing the
activities of the Strategic Highways Company”
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
LORD JUDD
LORD BERKELEY
Page 6, line 20, at end insert—
“(c) the degree to which the strategic highways company has assisted
people to make the fullest possible use of sustainable means of
transport, including by—
(i) widening travel choice,
(ii) helping unlock development in locations that are
sustainable or assisting in making them sustainable, and
(iii) making more efficient use of vehicles by increasing average
occupancy and loading rates.
( ) In considering the cost of the Road Investment Strategy, the Office shall
include consideration of as many costs and benefits as feasible, including
items for which the market does not provide a satisfactory measure of
economic value.”
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
Page 6, line 26, leave out subsection (5)
LORD BERKELEY
Page 6, line 34, at end insert—
“( ) The Office shall be under a duty in exercising the functions assigned or
transferred to it under this Part—
(a) to have regard to any general guidance given to it by the Secretary
of State about strategic highways companies or other matters
relating to strategic highways;
(b) to have regard to the cross-modal impacts of its decisions with
regards to strategic highways and to railways.”
Page 6, line 34, at end insert—
“( ) Within two years of this section coming into effect, the Office of Rail
Regulation shall report to the Secretary of State on how its monitoring role
in this section could be strengthened to become more closely aligned with
its role in respect of the railways.”
LORD WHITTY
Page 6, line 34, at end insert—
“( ) The Secretary of State shall ensure that the Office receives sufficient
resources to carry out the functions in this section whether by requiring the
Strategic Highways Company to meet the cost or otherwise.”
Clause 10
LORD WHITTY
Page 7, line 11, at end insert—
“( ) Where a transfer involves staff or obligations and liabilities to staff, either
the Transfer of Undertakings provisions shall apply or equivalent
provisions will apply.”
Clause 12
LORD WHITTY
Page 8, line 38, at end insert—
“( ) the terms on which the strategic highways company may raise its
own loan capital on the market by bond issue or otherwise.”
Clause 13
LORD WHITTY
Page 9, line 11, at end insert—
“(c) road safety”
After Clause 14
LORD WHITTY
Insert the following new Clause—
(1) No provision under this Part shall come into force until it has been reported
on by a Joint Committee of the House of Commons and the House of Lords
and that report has been endorsed by both Houses of Parliament.
(2) Once enacted, the operation of Part 1 shall be subject to review by
Parliament at least once every five years.”
After Clause 15
LORD FAULKNER OF WORCESTER
LORD BRADSHAW
Insert the following new Clause—
(1) In section 100 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001
(jurisdiction of transport police)—
(a) at the end of subsection (2)(b) insert “or to prevent damage to
property”; and
(b) omit subsection (3).
(2) In section 172(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (duty to give information as
to the identity of driver etc in certain circumstances), in relation to an
offence involving a railway crossing, “chief officer of police” includes the
Chief Officer of the British Transport Police.”
LORD BRADSHAW
Insert the following new Clause—
(1) Within six months of the passing of this Act, the Secretary of State must
commission a body to review the funding and condition of the road
network (“the review body”).
(2) The Secretary of State must instruct the review body to consider the
following four matters—
(a) whether the heaviest users of the road network, in terms of wear
and tear on the roads, congestion and pollution, should contribute
a higher proportion than at present of the funding of the road
network; and, if so, how;
(b) whether the methodology for calculating the axle weights of
vehicles, as used in calculating rates of vehicle taxation, should be
changed;
(c) whether organisations which undertake street works, including
statutory undertakers, make an appropriate financial contribution
to the remaking of the road surface on completion of the street
works, and any necessary remedial work if that remaking is
substandard; and if not, how the organisations could make an
appropriate financial contribution; and
(d) whether the part of the road network not under the control of the
Highways Agency is in a satisfactory condition; and, if it is not, how
it should be brought up to a satisfactory condition.
(3) The review body shall report to the Secretary of State and to Parliament
within 18 months of the passing of this Act.”
Clause 16
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
Page 10, line 31, after first “in” insert “and has never been resident in”
Page 11, line 25, at end insert—
“( ) The Secretary of State must publish an annual assessment of species
control operations.”
Page 11, line 25, at end insert—
“( ) The Secretary of State must ensure that an environmental authority
has the capacity to carry out species control operations.”
Page 12, leave out lines 1 to 3
BARONESS KRAMER
Page 13, line 36, at end insert—
“(2) Unless it is made under paragraph 9(2)(c) (emergency), a species
control order—
(a) may not require an owner of premises to carry out species
control operations, or provide for an environmental
authority to carry out species control operations, before the
end of the period in which an appeal may be made (see
paragraph 15), and
(b) must provide that if an appeal is made within that period,
the owner need not carry out the operations, or the
environmental authority shall not carry out the operations,
before the appeal is finally determined.”
Page 14, leave out line 12 and insert—
“(a) all owners of the premises of whom the environmental
authority is aware,”
LORD BERKELEY
Page 15, line 40, at end insert—
“Interpretation
In this Schedule, “species” means a group of living organisms in
the air, on land or in water, consisting of similar individuals
capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.”
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
Page 16, leave out lines 5 and 6
Page 17, line 32, leave out from “19” to “must” in line 33
Page 18, line 17, at end insert—
“( ) the standards of animal welfare required when carrying out
species control agreements and orders.”
Page 18, line 21, at end insert “and the Environmental Audit Committee of the
House of Commons”
Page 18, line 21, at end insert “and local authorities”
Page 18, line 21, at end insert “and local nature partnerships”
Page 18, line 39, at end insert—
“( ) the standards of animal welfare required when carrying out
species control agreements and orders.”
Page 18, line 43, at end insert “and local authorities”
Clause 20
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
Page 21, line 11, at end insert “and has reasonable grounds when applying for
believing that the condition has been satisfied”
Page 21, line 16, at end insert—
“( ) the Secretary of State is satisfied that there are no adverse
consequences for the community in deeming the condition
to be discharged.”
Page 21, leave out lines 25 and 26
Page 21, line 39, at end insert—
“( ) in circumstances where the failure of the authority to give
notice within the requisite time is attributable in whole or in
part to the actions or inactions of others including statutory
consultees and the applicant;”
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
LORD WHITTY
The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 20
stand part of the Bill.
Clause 21
LORD TOPE
LORD BEST
LORD JENKIN OF RODING
Page 22, line 21, at end insert “
Page 22, line 23, after “HCA” insert “or GLA”
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
Page 22, line 24, at end insert—
“( ) No property may be transferred to the HCA under any such scheme
unless it has been classified as surplus.”
Page 22, line 24, at end insert—
“( ) No property may be transferred to the HCA under any such scheme
without the consent of the government department or agency
which owns it or is the sponsoring department of the specified
public body.”
Page 22, line 24, at end insert—
“( ) No part of the Public Forest Estate may be transferred to the HCA.”
BARONESS ROYALL OF BLAISDON
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
Page 23, line 3, at end insert—
“(8) This section and section 53B do not have effect in relation to
property, rights or liabilities comprising the whole or any part of
the Public Forest Estate.
(9) The Public Forest Estate comprises all the land, property, rights and
liabilities acquired by the Minister under section 39 of the Forestry
Act 1967 including all such land not needed, or not used, for the
purpose of afforestation or any purpose connected with forestry.”
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
Page 24, line 4, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert “after subsection (7)
insert—
“(7A) An instrument containing (whether alone or with other
provisions) regulations under section 53A(2) may not be
made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before
and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
(7B) An instrument containing (whether alone or with other
provisions) regulations under section 53B may not be made
unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and
approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.””
After Clause 21
LORD WHITTY
Insert the following new Clause—
(1) Contracts for release of public land owned by the Homes and Communities
Agency, whether acquired under section 21 or otherwise, if released for
housing development shall specify that not less than 30 per cent of
dwellings built on that land shall be for social housing.
(2) All contracts for release of the Homes and Communities Agency land,
whether acquired under section 21 or otherwise, shall maintain the
ownership of the freehold of that land with the Homes and Communities
Agency or other public authority or specify the reversion of that freehold
after 25 years.
(3) Section 3 may be varied by decision of the Secretary of State, subject to
parliamentary approval.”
Clause 23
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 23
stand part of the Bill.
Schedule 4
BARONESS KRAMER
Page 65, line 24, after “5” insert “or 6 or another relevant enactment”
Page 65, line 36, at end insert “;
“relevant enactment” means a provision which is made by or under an
Act and which provides for the registration of a charge or other
matter as a local land charge.”
Clause 24
LORD DAVIES OF OLDHAM
LORD MCKENZIE OF LUTON
The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 24
stand part of the Bill.
Before Clause 26
LORD WHITTY
Insert the following new Clause—
The National Infrastructure Plan shall be altered to include investment in
measures in the domestic and commercial sectors delivering reductions in
energy use through increased energy efficiency and investment in such
areas shall be subject to the same criteria as other items for inclusion in the
Plan.”
After Clause 27
BARONESS KRAMER
Insert the following new Clause—
After section 8 of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005
insert—
(1) The Commissioners may do anything which they think necessary
or expedient in connection with the Extractive Industries
Transparency Initiative in so far as it relates to taxes the collection
and management of which is the responsibility of the
Commissioners.
(2) In this section “the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative”
means the international initiative of that name which has the aim of
promoting openness in the management of revenues from natural
resources.””
After Clause 28
LORD BERKELEY
Insert the following new Clause—
“PART 4A
LEVEL CROSSINGS
Within 12 months of the day on which this Act is passed, Her Majesty’s
Government shall introduce into Parliament a bill to give effect to the
recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law
Commission on level crossings (Cm 8711), and which is substantially based
on the draft Level Crossings Bill prepared by the Law Commission and the
Scottish Law Commission.”
Clause 30
BARONESS KRAMER
Page 29, line 18, leave out “, 13 and 14” and insert “and 13 to 15”
Page 29, line 29, leave out subsection (4) and insert—
“(4) In Part 4—
(a) sections 26, 27 and 28 and Schedule 5 extend to England and Wales
and Scotland, and
(b) section (The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) extends to
England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.”
In the Title
BARONESS KRAMER
Line 10, after “facilities;” insert “to enable Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs to
exercise functions in connection with the Extractive Industries Transparency
Initiative;”
LORD BERKELEY
Line 10, after “facilities;” insert “to make provision about level crossings;”