Examination of Witnesses (Questions 11600
- 11619)
11600. MR ELVIN: Indeed. I am not sure
what Mr Carpenter now is proposing to deal with. I opened generally
for the Spitalfields Petitions before Easter and certainly I have
got nothing I want to add at this stage.
11601. CHAIRMAN: Are you dealing with
this?
11602. MR ELVIN: I am dealing with it.
We have had several files of documentation including, I think
by accident, Mr Carpenter's Spanish homework was included in the
middle of it, which caused us a little bit of puzzlement this
morning, but "Guy's homework" in the top right-hand
corner gave the game away. Other than that, I am not sure precisely
what Mr Carpenter is dealing with. If I need to add anything to
what I have said in previous weeks, I will do so at the end if
that is convenient.
11603. CHAIRMAN: Well, Mr Carpenter,
you must tell me what it is that you wish to raise today, or are
you not going to do it yourself, is Ms Khela going to do it?
11604. MR CARPENTER: Ms Khela is going
to do our presentation today.
11605. CHAIRMAN: That is just fine.
11606. MR CARPENTER: So I will pass over
to her to take over.
11607. CHAIRMAN: Ms Khela, we have heard
about the various problems of Spitalfields, so which one is it
you want to address us on today?
11608. MS KHELA: I would like to address
two points. One is consultation and the other is another legal
point which is relevant to our Association which is different
from that of Matthew Horton.
11609. CHAIRMAN: I did not get the second
one.
11610. MS KHELA: The second one is a
legal point which is different from that of Matthew Horton.
11611. CHAIRMAN: I am afraid you will
have to explain that. What do you want to do? Do you want to explain
it to start with and then call witnesses, or what?
11612. MS KHELA: I think I would just
like to start, to be honest.
11613. CHAIRMAN: Okay.
11614. MS KHELA: Okay. I am going to
start with consultation. On October 2003 began the first round
of consultation. It was the first time anybody in the area had
heard of Crossrail, but only one of two groups in Spitalfields
were aware of the public awareness consultation that took place.
The two recipients were invited to the public information centre,
there was no mention of Hanbury Street shaft or any other impact
in the area, no information centres in the area. The nearest one
was at Guildhall by St Paul's and Wodeham Gardens further east.
Wodeham Gardens is not in the A-Z, most locals did not know where
it was. The leaflet circulated was only in English and not available
in any local language.
11615. On 29 January, Crossrail reported—
11616. CHAIRMAN: 29 January of what year?
11617. MS KHELA: Sorry?
11618. CHAIRMAN: What year?
11619. MS KHELA: 2004.
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