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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 27th November 2007

 

Public Bill Committee

 

New Amendments handed in are marked thus Parliamentary Star

 

Other Amendments not tabled within the required notice period are marked thus Parliamentary Star - white

 

Crossrail Bill


 

Note

 

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the

 

Committee [22nd November].

 


 

Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  30,  page  20,  line  37,  after ‘Regulation’, insert ‘and other interested parties’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  30,  page  20,  line  40,  at end insert ‘which shall be subject to annulment in

 

pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  32,  page  22,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Any person who suffers loss by the directions under this section shall be entitled

 

to be compensated by the Secretary of State.’.


 
 

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Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  33,  page  23,  line  22,  leave out subsections (6) to (8).

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  34,  page  24,  line  5,  leave out ‘terminate the agreement’ and insert ‘instruct

 

the Office of Rail Regulation to review the agreement and to determine how to vary it in

 

light of those directions’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  34,  page  24,  line  9,  leave out ‘Secretary of State has terminated the

 

franchise agreement’ and insert ‘Office of Rail Regulation has acted’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Page  24,  line  20,  leave out Clause 35.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  36,  page  25,  line  27,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Before the Secretary of State exercises the power under subsection (1), he shall

 

consult such persons likely to be affected by the exercise of the power.’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  37,  page  26,  line  6,  at end add—

 

‘( )    

Before the Secretary of State exercises the power under subsection (1), he shall

 

consult the Office of Rail Regulation and such other persons as he considers

 

appropriate.’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  40,  page  27,  line  2,  at end insert ‘, but is an asset which enables the


 
 

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construction, maintenance and operation of Crossrail to occur.’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  41,  page  27,  line  33,  leave out ‘results’ and insert ‘objectives’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  43,  page  29,  line  1,  leave out subsection (2).

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Schedule  12,  page  196,  line  40,  leave out ‘any person, including the Secretary of

 

State’ and insert ‘either the Secretary of State or the nominated undertaker’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Schedule  12,  page  197,  line  13,  leave out ‘any person, including the Secretary of

 

State’ and insert ‘either the Secretary of State or the nominated undertaker’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Schedule  12,  page  197,  line  22,  leave out ‘any person’ and insert ‘the nominated

 

undertaker’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  47,  page  30,  line  10,  at end add ‘, relevant London borough council leaders

 

and chief executives, and those officials with the same standing in relevant borough

 

councils and unitary authorities outside of London.’.

 

Susan Kramer

 

Clause  47,  page  30,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

An order made under subsection (1) shall set out all information that the Secretary

 

of State considers necessary relating to—

 

(a)    

the sources of funding for the relevant provisions of this Act, and

 

(b)    

the uses to which it is proposed that funding should be put.’.


 
 

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Susan Kramer

 

Clause  47,  page  30,  line  22,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

An order under subsection (1) shall not be made unless a draft has been laid

 

before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Schedule  13,  page  206,  line  25,  leave out sub-paragraph (3).

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Schedule  13,  page  206,  line  29,  leave out ‘or (3)’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Schedule  13,  page  206,  line  33,  leave out from beginning to end of line 35 and

 

insert—

 

‘( )    

Where an appeal under sub-paragraph (4) is dismissed by the Secretary of State,

 

it should be referred to arbitration’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Schedule  14,  page  210,  line  24,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

If the remains were interred less than 25 years ago, the nominated undertaker

 

shall make every reasonable effort to identify the relatives or personal

 

representative of the deceased, and consult those people as to how the nominated

 

undertaker proposes to carry out its functions under this Schedule with respect to

 

the disposal of the remains or monument.’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  51,  page  31,  line  36,  at end insert ‘after consultation with the Chief

 

Executive of the Royal Parks Association and any other relevant interested parties’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  51,  page  31,  line  41,  leave out ‘appears to the Secretary of State’ and insert

 

‘the Secretary of State has determined’.


 
 

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Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  51,  page  32,  line  2,  leave out ‘appears to’, and insert ‘has been proven by’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  52,  page  32,  line  15,  leave out paragraph (a).

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  53,  page  32,  line  27,  leave out ‘nominated undertaker’ and insert ‘Secretary

 

of State’.

 

Susan Kramer

 

Page  32,  line  23,  leave out Clause 53.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Page  34,  line  18,  leave out Clause 56.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Schedule  15,  page  213,  line  39,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Where the site on which the facility was situated prior to discontinuation is

 

available for re-use, the facility should be reinstated under sub-paragraph (1) for

 

the original purpose of the facility and on this site.

 

( )    

Where the site on which the facility was situated prior to discontinuation is not

 

available for re-use, the facility should be reinstated under sub-paragraph (1) on

 

a site as close as possible to this site.’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Schedule  15,  page  214,  line  20,  leave out ‘he thinks’ and insert ‘might reasonably

 

be considered’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Schedule  15,  page  214,  line  23,  at end insert ‘and any other relevant interested


 
 

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parties’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Schedule  16,  page  218,  line  23,  leave out from ‘arbitration’ to end of line 27.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Schedule  16,  page  225,  line  4,  leave out from ‘arbitration’ to end of line 8.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Schedule  16,  page  229,  line  33,  leave out from ‘arbitration’ to end of line 37.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Schedule  16,  page  232,  line  45,  leave out from ‘arbitration’ to end of line 49.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Schedule  16,  page  236,  line  6,  leave out from ‘arbitration’ to end of line 10.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Schedule  16,  page  239,  line  46,  leave out from ‘arbitration’ to end of line 2 on page

 

240.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Page  35,  line  5,  leave out Clause 59.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  60,  page  36,  line  14,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

The Secretary of State, upon making an application under subsection (1), shall

 

give notice that he has made such an application to all those affected by such an

 

application.

 

( )    

The Secretary of State, upon receiving the decision of the justices under

 

subsection (2), shall inform all those affected by the decision as to the outcome

 

of the application made under subsection (1).’.


 
 

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Crossrail Bill, continued

 
 

Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  61,  page  36,  line  33,  after ‘by’, insert ‘registered’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  61,  page  37,  line  3,  after ‘office’, insert ‘or the office of its legal

 

representative’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Clause  62,  page  37,  line  39,  leave out subsection (5).

 

NEW CLAUSES

 

Transfer schemes: tax provisions

 

Mr Tom Harris

 

NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘Schedule (Transfer schemes: tax provisions) (tax provisions relating to transfer

 

schemes) has effect.’.

 


 

Financial provisions (disclosure of information)

 

Stephen Hammond

 

NC2

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Secretary of State shall publish all relevant details as to the moneys used to

 

fund the construction and maintenance of Crossrail, beyond those monies as

 

already provided by Parliament and set out in section 65(1).

 

(2)    

The Mayor of London shall, not less than 12 months after the granting of Royal

 

Assent to this Act, publish and make available to all who are eligible and

 

registered to vote in the London Mayoral or Greater London Authority elections,

 

a statement indicating—

 

(a)    

the agreement he has undertaken and agreed with the Secretary of State

 

for the proposals of building Crossrail, and

 

(b)    

the potential financial consequences of this agreement for London.

 

(3)    

The Secretary of State, after consultation with the Mayor of London and the

 

Transport Commissioner for London, shall publish an annual statement setting


 
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