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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 8 March 2006.

Oral evidence Taken before the Transport Committee

on Wednesday 19 October 2005

Members present:

Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody, in the Chair	Mr John LeechMr Eric Martlew
Mr David Clelland	Mr Lee Scott
Clive Efford	Graham Stringer
Mrs Louise Ellman	Mr David Wilshire
Mr Robert Goodwill

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CONTENTS

Memorandum submitted by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Memorandum submitted by London Borough of Waltham Forest

Memorandum submitted by London Borough of Newham

Memorandum submitted by London Borough of Hackney

Memorandum submitted by Dorset County Council

Memorandum submitted by the Thames Gateway London Partnership and the Joint Planning Authorities Team

Annex 1. Requirements of the Planning Permissions

Witnesses: Mr Owen Whalley, Service Head, Major Project Development, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Mr Neil Bullen, Manager, Transport Planning, London Borough of Waltham Forest, Ms Jane Mandlik, Highways Manager West, Mr John Herman, Head of Regeneration & Infrastructure, London Borough of Newham, Mr Andrew Cunningham, Head of Streetscene, London Borough of Hackney, Mr Miles Butler, Director, Dorset County Council, and Mr Stephen Joseph, Deputy Chief Executive, Thames Gateway London Partnership, examined.

Question Numbers

1-19

20-39

49-58

Memorandum submitted by Network Rail

Memorandum submitted by London & Continental Railways Limited

Memorandum submitted by the Association of Train Operating Companies

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Witnesses: Mr Paul Plummer, Director of Planning and Regulation, and Ms Janet Goodland, Director, Network Development, Network Rail, Mr Rob Holden, Executive Chairman, London & Continental Railways Ltd, and Mr Theo Steel, Project Director—one Railway, and Mr Paul Smith, Director, London Support, Association of Train Operating Companies, examined.

Question Numbers

59-79

80-99

100-119

120-139

140-159

160-161

Supplementary memorandum submitted by London and Continental Railways Ltd

Memorandum submitted by the Disability Rights Commission

Memorandum submitted by the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee

Memorandum submitted by the London Transport Users Committee

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Witnesses: Mr William Bee, Director for Wales, Ms Natalie Salmon, Head of Access to Services and Transport, Disability Rights Commission; Mr Neil Betteridge, Chairman, Mr Grahame Lawson, Chairman of the Personal Mobility and Local Authority Working Group, Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee; Mr Brian Cooke, Chairman, Mr Tony Shields, Member, London Transport Users Committee, examined.

Question Numbers

162-179

180-198

Supplementary memorandum submitted by London Transport Users Committee

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Prepared 16 March 2006