Formal Minutes
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Members present:
Mrs Louise Ellman, in the Chair
| Steve Baker
Mr Tom Harris
Julie Hilling
Kelvin Hopkins
| | Mr John Leech
Paul Maynard
Gavin Shuker
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Draft Report (Transport and the economy),
proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft
Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 30 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 31 read.
Amendment proposed, in line 24, to leave out from
"transport is" to end, and insert "intended to
stimulate economic activity, the Government must state clearly
who will bear the cost of that transport investment. The Government
must ensure that where it approves transport schemes designed
to stimulate economic growth and rebalance the economy it states
clearly not just the benefits of the proposal, but also the foreseeable
costs and their consequences. For major schemes that the Government
is promoting itself, such as HS2, it must elaborate clearly the
economic mechanisms by which the claimed benefits will be delivered."—(Steve
Baker.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
| Ayes, 1
Steve Baker
| Noes, 6
Mr Tom Harris
Julie Hilling
Kelvin Hopkins
Mr John Leech
Paul Maynard
Gavin Shuker
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Paragraph agreed to.
Paragraphs 32 to 117 read and agreed to.
Text boxes 1 and 2 agreed to.
Summary agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report
be the Third Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair
make the Report to the House.
Written evidence was ordered to be reported to the
House for placing in the Library and Parliamentary Archives.
Ordered, That embargoed
copies of the Report be made available, in accordance with the
provisions of Standing Order No. 134.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 1 March at 10.00 am
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