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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 4th December 2007

 

Public Bill Committee

 

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Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary provisions) Bill


 

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee

 

The Programming Sub-Committee appointed by the Speaker in respect of the Bill

 

agreed the following Resolution at its meeting on Monday 3rd December (Standing Order

 

No. 83C):

 

That—

 

(1)  

the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday

 

4th December) meet—

 

(a)  

at 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 4th December;

 

(b)  

at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 6th December;

 

(c)  

at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 11th December;

 

(2)  

the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following

 

Table:

 

TABLE

 

Date

Time

Witness

 
 

Tuesday 4th December

Until no later than 1.00 p.m.

Department for Transport

 
 

(3)  

the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

 

conclusion at 7.00 p.m. on Tuesday 11th December.

 

Mr Tom Harris has given notice of his intention to move a motion in the terms of the

 

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee [Standing Order No. 83C(9)].

 


 

Mr Tom Harris

 

That subject to the discretion of the Chairman, any written evidence received by the

 

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 4th December 2007                

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Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary provisions) Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Tom Harris

 

That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the

 

Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted.

 


 

Stephen Hammond

 

1

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  5,  at end add—

 

‘(3)    

In subsection (1) “railway services” refer only to those services that both

 

originate and terminate in the United Kingdom.’.

 


 

Stephen Hammond

 

2

 

Clause  2,  page  1,  leave out lines 7 to 9 and insert—

 

‘Section 17 of the 1996 Act (access agreements) is repealed.’.

 


 

Stephen Hammond

 

3

 

Clause  3,  page  1,  leave out lines 11 to 16 and insert—

 

  ‘Section 21 of the 1996 Act (duties of the Office of Rail Regulation as to

 

the exercise of regulatory functions) is repealed.’.

 


 

Stephen Hammond

 

4

 

Clause  4,  page  2,  line  7,  after ‘be’, insert ‘consistent with the relevant terms of any

 

license fee payable by other operators of railway assets under section 8 of the Railways

 

Act 1993, and’.

 


 

Stephen Hammond

 

5

 

Page  2,  line  29,  leave out Clause 5.

 


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 4th December 2007                

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Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary provisions) Bill, continued

 
 

Order of the House [20th november 2007]

 

That the following provisions shall apply to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link

 

(Supplementary Provisions) Bill:

 

Committal

 

1.    

The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

 

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

 

2.    

Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

 

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 11th December 2007.

 

3.    

The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

 

which it meets.

 

Consideration and Third Reading

 

4.    

Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

 

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

 

5.    

Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

 

6.    

Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

 

proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

 

Other proceedings

 

7.    

Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

 

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

 

Lords) may be programmed.

 


 
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