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House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 17th January 2008

 

Report Stage Proceedings

 

Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill


 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Withdrawn  7

 

Page  1,  line  4  [Clause  1],  at end insert ‘and the railway assets at Waterloo Station

 

released by London and Continental Railways.’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Withdrawn  3

 

Page  1,  line  5  [Clause  1],  at end add—

 

‘(3)    

In subsection (1) “rail services” refer only to those services that both originate and

 

terminate in the United Kingdom.’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Negatived on division  4

 

Page  1,  line  5  [Clause  1],  at end add—

 

‘( )    

The powers of the Secretary of State under section 6 of the Railways Act 2005

 

shall be exercised in such a way so as to ensure that assets associated with the rail

 

link at Waterloo Station are developed for the purpose of providing domestic rail

 

services’.

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Not selected  8

 

Page  1,  line  6,  leave out Clause 2.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not selected  5

 

Page  1,  line  10,  leave out Clause 3.

 


 

Mr Greg Knight

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Sir Peter Soulsby

 

Agreed to  9

 

Page  2,  line  8  [Clause  4],  leave out from ‘as’ to ‘in’ in line 9 and insert ‘is

 

reasonably incurred by the Office of Rail Regulation’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 17th January 2008              

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Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Greg Knight

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Not called  2

 

Page  2,  line  25  [Clause  4],  at end insert ‘but such further notice shall not include

 

any increase to the fee payable in the original notice attributable to the fee remaining

 

unpaid after the date specified in the original notice.’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not selected  6

 

Page  2,  line  29,  leave out Clause 5.

 


 

New Clause

 

Review of access arrangements

 

Mr Greg Knight

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Not selected  NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘The Secretary of State shall, every 24 months, publish a report to Parliament—

 

(a)    

showing the spare capacity on High Speed 1 currently available for—

 

(i)    

domestic services, and

 

(ii)    

international services, and

 

(b)    

giving details of all access applications made in the previous two years,

 

the decision made in each case, and the reason for the decision.’.

 

Bill read the third time, and passed.

 


 
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