Examination of Witnesses (Questions 13360
- 13379)
13360. MS KHELA: Well, I do not think he has
dealt with them to the extent that they deal with the points where
I have said that they do not respond to the issues that I have
raised.
13361. CHAIRMAN: Well, you have raised
them, they have been answered and I do not think we are going
to go over it again.
13362. MS KHELA: Well, I do not believe that
the information presented during the first round was produced
in Bengali. I have letters from MPs confirming that and I have
letters from the WHRA confirming that, so I would like that to
be answered. Was information produced in Bengali and Somali during
the first-round consultation and, if so, where is the evidence?
13363. MR ELVIN: My Lords, I have already
answered that point and I have already indicated that I will supply
examples.
13364. MS KHELA: No, I do not want examples
of second-round consultations—
13365. MR ELVIN: Ms Khela, I will supply
what I supply in accordance with the request made of me by the
Committee.
13366. MS KHELA: Well, my request is for first-round
evidence as I do not believe that information was supplied during
the first round in Bengali.
13367. My second point is that Mr Elvin mentioned
that the WHRA had a fifth appearance. We only appeared twice in
the Commons, I believe.
13368. MR ELVIN: That is quite incorrect.
13369. MS KHELA: Now, I would like to put this
letter up. This letter is from Mr Elvin and it says, "On
the issue of the Heron Tower, I understand from Mr Berryman that
further investigations have confirmed—
13370. CHAIRMAN: Just hang on a minute.
This letter is from Mr Elvin to whom, dated when?
13371. MR ELVIN: My Lords, I think I
can help. It is part of the run of correspondence between Mr Carpenter
and myself to the Chairman of the Commons Select Committee dealing
with matters following the first hearing of the Hanbury residents
in 2006 and, as you can see, it is dated 4 May.[20]
It is part of that bundle of documentation which was put before
the House at third reading in the Command Paper.
13372. CHAIRMAN: Is this going to help
us very much at this stage?
13373. MS KHELA: "On the issue of the Heron
Tower, I understand from Mr Berryman that further investigations
have confirmed that option B would have had to run under the piled
foundations of that part of the site where the tallest construction
and deepest piles would have been required. I attach a plan which
shows this. Planning permission was granted in July 2002 and amended
in September 2005". This is clearly referring to the Heron
Tower.
13374. LORD BROOKE OF ALVERTHORPE: Ms
Khela, I am not sure what you are asking us to do.
13375. MS KHELA: I think the situation, as many
of the residents and Petitioners feel, is that I do not think
this Committee is minded to do anything about it and, therefore,
I think the residents—
13376. CHAIRMAN: About what?
13377. MS KHELA: About the fact that they do
not believe that the least harmful route has been selected, and
this Committee is not allowing the consultation that the people
of Spitalfields were denied on a least harmful route to take place,
even though these documents were released late, and that consultation
never occurred, contrary to Article 6(2), so we will be enforcing
that right in whichever way we can find.
13378. CHAIRMAN: Are you talking about
the EIA process or are you talking about route B?
13379. MS KHELA: I think I am talking about
both.
20 Crossrail Ref: P80, Correspondence from David Elvin,
QC, to the Chairman of the House of Commons Select Committee on
the Crossrail Bill, Response to the WHRA Letters of 4 April 2007
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