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House of Commons

Tuesday 4th December 2007

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill

[First Sitting]

Mr Tom Harris

Agreed to

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

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

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

Agreed to

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 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.

Agreed to

The following witnesses gave oral evidence:

Tom Harris MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport; Graham

Dalton, Director, Rail Projects and David Lunn, Divisional Manager, Major

Projects, Department for Transport.

Stephen Hammond

Withdrawn  1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.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Stephen Hammond

Withdrawn  2

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

‘Section 17 of the 1996 Act (access agreements) is repealed.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Stephen Hammond

Not called  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the exercise of regulatory functions) is repealed.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 4th December 2007
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Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill, continued

Stephen Hammond

Negatived on division  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’.

Clause Agreed to.

Stephen Hammond

Not selected  5

Page  2,  line  29,  leave out Clause 5.

Clauses 5 and 6 Agreed to.

Bill to be reported.