Amendments proposed to the Railways Bill - continued House of Commons

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Mr Graham Stringer
Mr David Clelland

84

Clause     13,     page     13,     line     12,     at end insert—

    '(8A)   If the Secretary of State considers it desirable to do so in relation to any franchise agreement in respect of services for the carriage of passengers by railway—

      (a) having regard to the proportion of those services that are proposed to be provided within one or more passenger transport areas, or

      (b) for the purpose of securing expeditiously that the agreement is entered into,

       he may give a direction to the Passenger Transport Executive, or Executives, for the area, or areas, concerned providing that any one or more of subsections (1A), (1B) or (2A), or any part of any one of those subsections, shall not have effect with respect to that franchise agreement.'.

   

Mr Tom Harris
Rosemary McKenna

102

Clause     13,     page     13,     line     26,     at end add—

    '(10)   In this section "the appropriate national authority" means—

      (a) in relation to a franchise agreement to which the Secretary of State is a party, the Secretary of State; and

      (b) in relation to a franchise agreement to which the Scottish Ministers are a party, the Scottish Ministers.'.


   

Mr Graham Stringer

43

Clause     14,     page     13,     line     34,     leave out paragraph (c).

   

Mr Graham Stringer
Mr David Clelland

85

Clause     14,     page     13,     line     37,     leave out 'Subject to subsection (3),'.

   

Mr Graham Stringer
Mr David Clelland

86

Clause     14,     page     13,     line     40,     leave out 'or in section 13'.

   

Mr Graham Stringer
Mr David Clelland

87

Clause     14,     page     13,     line     41,     leave out subsection (3).


   

Mr Mark Field
Mr Greg Knight
Mr David Wilshire

34

Clause     15,     page     15,     line     3,     after 'services', insert ', within Greater London,'.

   

Mr Mark Field
Mr Greg Knight
Mr David Wilshire

35

Clause     15,     page     15,     line     3,     after 'services', insert ', within Greater London and an area no further than five miles from the border with Greater London,'.

   

Mr Mark Field
Mr Greg Knight
Mr David Wilshire

36

Clause     15,     page     15,     line     3,     after 'services', insert ', within the boundaries of the M25 motorway,'.

   

Mr Mark Field
Mr Greg Knight
Mr David Wilshire

37

Clause     15,     page     15,     line     13,     leave out paragraph (b).

   

Mr Mark Field
Mr Greg Knight
Mr David Wilshire

38

Clause     15,     page     15,     line     14,     leave out 'places outside Greater London' and insert 'from a mainline terminus in Greater London'.


   

Mr Mark Field
Mr Greg Knight
Mr David Wilshire

39

Clause     17,     page     16,     line     6,     leave out 'two' and insert 'four'.

   

Mr Mark Field
Mr Greg Knight
Mr David Wilshire

40

Clause     17,     page     16,     line     13,     leave out 'regional planning body for each' and insert 'leader of the county council or borough council, whichever is relevant,'.

   

Mr David Wilshire

54

Clause     17,     page     16,     line     21,     leave out from '(2A)' to end of line 23.

   

Mr David Wilshire

55

Clause     17,     page     16,     line     37,     leave out 'regional planning bodies' and insert 'leaders of the county council or borough council'.


   

Mr Greg Knight
Mr Christopher Chope

46

Clause     19,     page     17,     line     39,     leave out 'Ministers' and insert 'Parliament'.

   

Mr Graham Stringer

58

Clause     19,     page     17,     line     42,     after 'Committee', insert—

      '(da) a member of the six English Passenger Transport Authorities, acting jointly;'.

   

John Thurso
Dr John Pugh

104

Clause     19,     page     17,     line     43,     at beginning insert 'not fewer than five and.'.


   

John Thurso
Dr John Pugh

5

Page     19,     line     33,     leave out Clauses 22 to 44.


   

Mr Tony McNulty

105

Clause     25,     page     24,     line     25,     leave out from 'passenger service' to end of line 26 and insert 'other than one which is—

      (a) a relevant railway passenger service for the purposes of any of sections 22(1), 23(1) and 24(1), or

      (b) an experimental passenger service;'.

   

Mr Tony McNulty

106

Clause     25,     page     24,     line     41,     leave out from 'which' to 'the' in line 43 and insert 'no funding is provided by a railway funding authority other than'.

   

Mr Tony McNulty

107

Clause     25,     page     25,     line     12,     at end insert 'and any other service, or description of services, which immediately before the commencement of this section is treated as a service, or description of services, in relation to which Schedule 5 to that Act is to have effect is to be treated after commencement of this section as designated by an order under this section as a special procedure service, or description of special procedure services.'.

   

Mr Tony McNulty

108

Clause     25,     page     25,     line     12,     at end insert—

    '(11)   Where any order under paragraph 5A(1)(b)(ii) of Schedule 5 to that Act (application of that Schedule to London services) is in force immediately before the commencement of this section, that order shall have effect after commencement of this section as an order under this section designating any services, or descriptions of service, to which it applies as London services.'.

   

Mr Tony McNulty

109

Clause     25,     page     25,     line     12,     at end insert—

    '(12)   For the purposes of this section (apart from the reference, in the definition of "excluded service" in subsection (7), to "relevant railway passenger service") "railway" has its wider meaning.'.


   

Mr Greg Knight
Mr Christopher Chope

64

Clause     33,     page     35,     line     40,     at end add—

    '(10)   The Office of the Rail Regulation shall be under a duty to give full reasons in writing for its decision to issue, vary or revoke a closure ratification notice concurrently with the issuing, variation or revocation of the notice.'.


   

Mr Tony McNulty

110

Clause     34,     page     36,     line     9,     leave out 'all the funding is provided by' and insert 'no funding is provided by a railway funding authority other than'.

   

Mr Tony McNulty

111

Clause     34,     page     36,     line     11,     leave out second 'or'.

   

Mr Tony McNulty

112

Clause     34,     page     36,     line     13,     at end insert 'or

      (e) the discontinuance of a station or part of a station that is wholly in Scotland.'.


   

Mr Tony McNulty

113

Clause     35,     page     38,     line     5,     leave out from 'the' to 'may' in line 10 and insert 'Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers that closures of any description not specified in this section should, because of their temporary nature or limited effect on the provision of railway passenger services, be treated as minor modifications, the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the Scottish Ministers'.

   

Mr Tony McNulty

114

Clause     35,     page     38,     line     17,     leave out 'all the funding is provided by' and insert 'which no funding is provided by a railway funding authority other than'.

   

Mr Tony McNulty

115

Clause     35,     page     38,     line     19,     leave out second 'or'.

   

Mr Tony McNulty

116

Clause     35,     page     38,     line     21,     at end insert 'or

      (e) the discontinuance of a station or part of a station that is wholly in Scotland;'.


   

Mr Tony McNulty

117

Clause     37,     page     40,     line     14,     at end insert—

    '( )   A person giving notice of a proposed discontinuance under subsection (2) must send to the Office of Rail Regulation a copy of the notice published under subsection (3)(b).'.


   

Mr Graham Stringer

59

Clause     39,     page     41,     line     37,     at end insert—

      '(e) that the scheme will support economic and social regeneration.'.

   

Mr Graham Stringer

60

Clause     39,     page     41,     line     37,     at end insert—

      '(e) that the scheme will not increase traffic congestion.'.

   

Mr Graham Stringer

61

Clause     39,     page     41,     line     37,     at end insert—

      '(e) that the scheme will reduce traffic congestion.'.

 
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