Examination of Witnesses (Questions 2820
- 2827)
2820. Chairman: I am minded to accept
the Promoter's view on this for two reasons. On the matter which
we have to have presented back to us we need a note or something
from the Promoters themselves there are two items. Whilst I am
very sympathetic to moving this case on, I think it is fair and
just if we delay and come back at some later date. I am sorry,
Mr Honey, but we cannot do very much more today.
2821. Mr Honey: The other alternative,
if you are minded to take that course, is for us to come back
tomorrow morning and do it having had the benefit of this note
being provided to us later this evening. Mr Morton is correct
when he says that there was a meeting on 31 January, I think it
was, when this was discussed so there is nothing new arising.
2822. Ms Lieven: Can I just say on tomorrow
that we have got two days for Camden who are only raising ground
borne noise. They said they needed two to three days but we are
finding it difficult on our side to see how one can talk about
ground borne noise for more than two days, so there would be time
tomorrow morning. If that was the most convenient to the Committee
I would be quite happy to go down that course.
2823. Chairman: That will give us continuity,
so I agree that is what we will try and do.
2824. Ms Lieven: Sir, before we rise,
I do not want to get into the whys and wherefores of what went
wrong with the documents on this case, it is history now, but
could I ask you to say something further, as you did before on
Liverpool Street, about asking Petitioners to give the Promoters
documents at least 24 hours in advance. We will undertake to do
the same. We will undertake to give whatever material we have
at that stage which is relevant to that Petitioner and which we
intend to present to the Committee to the Petitioners in advance.
If we do not see their material, and I do not want to get into
the rights and wrongs of Islington, in documentary form at least
24 hours in advance then we will keep coming up against this problem
where we are producing plans that we have drawn up the night before.
I cannot believe it is helping the Committee. More words from
the Committee on this issue would allow Winckworth's, our agents,
to pass that back to the Petitioners and I would hope to help
the Committee more in the future.
2825. Chairman: I think it is a fair
point that even though, as you said, Mr Morton, you had met with
Crossrail it was not very much time before the hearing. I take
that point and I will say something about that tomorrow morning.
2826. Ms Lieven: I am very grateful,
sir.
2827. Chairman: The meeting is now closed.
We will reconvene at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The witness withdrew Adjourned until 10
o'clock tomorrow morning
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