Amendments proposed to the Transport Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

105

Clause     52,     page     34,     line     3,     leave out paragraph (b).

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

106

Clause     52,     page     34,     line     4,     leave out paragraph (c).

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Mr Nick Raynsford

251

Clause     59,     page     38,     line     19,     leave out 'corresponding right in Scotland' and insert 'in Scotland the right of the fiar on the termination of a liferent'.

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Mr Nick Raynsford

247

Clause     60,     page     39,     line     43,     leave out from 'as' to end of line 44 and insert 'may be specified in directions given by the Treasury or the Secretary of State'.

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Mr Nick Raynsford

249

Schedule     6,     page     156,     leave out line 34 and insert 'at such times as the transferee may specify in directions given to the transferor'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

250

Schedule     6,     page     157,     line     27,     leave out 'he may direct' and insert 'may be specified in a direction given by him'.

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Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

107

Page     47,     line     13,     leave out Clause 75.

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Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

108

Page     47,     line     20,     leave out Clause 76.

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Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

109

Page     48,     line     11,     leave out Clause 77.

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NEW CLAUSE RELATING TO PART I

The transferee company: provisions (No. 2)

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

NC3

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1) The single company granted a licence authorising it to provide air traffic services in respect of a managed area shall be—

(a) an independent publicly-owned company,

(b) a company which offers bonds for sale to investors,

(c) a company that shall have the following duties—

    (i) to provide at all times a safe and orderly air traffic control system within the managed area,

    (ii) to plan efficiency improvements,

    (iii) to give to operators and owners of aircraft, owners and managers of aerodromes, persons travelling in aircraft and persons with rights in property carried in them the benefit of planned efficiency improvements, which may take the form of lower prices and improved quality,

    (iv) to achieve a commercial rate of return for the Crown,

    (v) to draw up a rolling five-year strategic plan incorporating financial, pricing and service quality objectives,

    (vi) to submit, on behalf of the board of the company, to annual meetings of stakeholders, the five year plan set out in sub-paragraph (iv).

    (2) The annual meeting of the company shall have the duty to consider, and if the meeting thinks fit, to approve, the strategic plan, and to establish performance objectives and to monitor the performance of the company.

    (3) The Secretary of State shall appoint auditors who shall have the duty of reporting to the annual meeting of the company on management performance relative to the objectives set at previous meetings.'.

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Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

11

Clause     92,     page     55,     line     4,     leave out 'must' and insert 'may'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

12

Clause     92,     page     55,     line     11,     at end insert—

    '( ) The policies mentioned in subsection (1) must include policies for improving safety for all road users and pedestrians.'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

13

Clause     92,     page     55,     line     12,     leave out 'must' and insert 'may'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

14

Clause     92,     page     55,     line     21,     leave out 'must' and insert 'may'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

15

Clause     92,     page     55,     line     23,     leave out 'must' and insert 'may'.

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Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

16

Clause     93,     page     55,     line     28,     leave out 'must' and insert 'may'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

17

Clause     93,     page     56,     line     1,     leave out subsection (6).

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Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

18

Clause     96,     page     57,     line     38,     leave out from 'meet' to end of line 40.

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Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

19

Clause     104,     page     62,     line     5,     leave out 'exclusive'.

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NEW CLAUSE RELATING TO PART II

National road safety plan

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1) The Secretary of State shall develop and implement policies for the promotion of the safety of all road users.

    (2) The Secretary of State shall prepare each year a document which shall be known as the national road safety plan containing his policies under subsection (1), which shall be laid before Parliament for approval by both Houses of Parliament before coming into effect.

    (3) The plan shall contain targets for the reductions of deaths and injuries among all road users and pedestrians and explanations of the means for achieving those reductions.'.

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Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

20

Page     82,     line     29,     leave out Clause 144.

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Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

21

Page     90,     line     18,     leave out Clause 159.

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Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

22

Clause     176,     page     99,     line     1,     leave out subsection (2).

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Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

23

Clause     180,     page     99,     line     31,     at end insert—

'( ) to promote the effective management of safety on the rail network;'.

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Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

24

Clause     181,     page     100,     line     1,     leave out subsection (3).

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Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

25

Clause     182,     page     100,     line     12,     at beginning insert 'Subject to subsection (6),'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

26

Clause     182,     page     100,     line     43,     leave out subsection (5).

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

27

Clause     182,     page     101,     line     3,     at end add—

    '(6) Before exercising any powers under this Chapter and prior to each subsequent year that this Chapter remains in force, the Secretary of State shall lay a report for the forthcoming year before both Houses of Parliament for approval by each House, setting out the manner in which he shall exercise his functions under this Chapter, including—

(a) a full explanation of the manner in which the Authority intends to exercise its functions in accordance with subsections (2) and (3);

(b) the calculations the Authority has used to arrive at its conclusions;

(c) the decisions the Authority will make during the year in question to achieve its objectives.'.

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Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

28

Clause     186,     page     102,     line     2,     leave out subsection (2).

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Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

29

Page     110,     line     4,     leave out Clause 198.

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Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

30

Clause     199,     page     113,     line     6,     leave out subsection (6).

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

31

Clause     199,     page     113,     line     12,     leave out subsection (7).

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NEW SCHEDULE

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

NS1

To move the following Schedule:—

'Specified Services

	"Aeronautical Messaging Service"	The making available of a network for the conveyance of electronic data messages:
		(a) between members of a closed user group of providers of air traffic services and users, where such messages contain information relating to the intended path of flights within the licensed areas; and
		(b) between other equivalent messaging neworks provided for a similar purpose pursuant to international arrangements.
	"Air Traffic Operational Telephone Network Service"	The making available of a fixed line dedicated voice telephony network to facilitate communication between providers of air traffic services in the United Kingdom consisting of a direct link to certain core facilities and the making available of nodes to which other facilities may connect.
	"Emergency Frequency Service"	The making available of a dedicated emergency radio telephony frequency (121.5 MHz) for the purpose of an air to ground to air communication service.
	"Navigational Infrastructure"	The making available of navigational infrastructure other than that provided in delivering core services as specified in [document to be determined].
	"North Sea Helicopter Advisory Service"	The provision of an advisory service to helicopters in connection with flights to, from and between oil and gas installations situated in the North Sea [co-ordinates excluding East Shetland Basin to be inserted] (whether within or outside the United Kingdom) and associated mainland facilities.
	"Reimbursement service for Lower Airspace Radar Service ('LARS')"	The processing of the costs of LARS as agreed and approved by the CAA and reimbursement of those costs from equivalent sums received by the Licensee.
	"Reimbursement service for proportion of United Kingdom Meteorological Office costs"	The reimbursement to The United Kingdom Meteorological Office of the proportion of its costs charged to users, from equivalent sums received by the Licensee.
	"Surveillance Infrastructure"	The making available of surveillance infrastructure other than that provided in delivering core services as specified in [document].
	"UK Aeronautical Information Service"	The preparation and dissemination to civilian aviation of aeronautical information publications, notices to airmen, aeronautical information circulars and other relevant information with a view to facilitating the flow of information necessary for the safety, regularity and efficiency of air navigation.
	"UK Flight Information Service"	The making available to flight crew by radio telephony on request information which the persons providing the service consider appropriate and that:
		(a) was acquired from other flight crew in the course of providing the same service to such other flight crew; or
		(b) can reasonably be obtained in response to a specific request; or
		(c) the persons providing the service otherwise consider significant.
	"UK Meteorological Information Service"	The making available as required by, for and on behalf of the United Kingdom Meteorological Authority, of meteorological information supplied to the Licensee by a third party to:
		(a) civil aviation users;
		(b) to air traffic service providers for their own use or for onward dissemination to civil aviation users (including the Licensee); and
		(c) to persons authorised by the United Kingdom Meteorological Authority.'.

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Prepared 27 Jan 2000