Crossrail Bill - First Special Report
Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 19 May 2008.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
SUMMARY
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
The History of Crossrail
The Promoter of this Crossrail scheme
The Powers conferred by the Bill
The House of Commons Select Committee
The Passage of the Bill to the House of Lords
and the Formation of this Select Committee
Box 1: Committee Appointment Terms
CHAPTER 2: THE SELECT COMMITTEE IN THE
HOUSE OF LORDS
What the Committee could and could not
do
Basic Rules Observed in Committee
Significance of Second Reading
Additional Provisions
Order of proceedings
Who petitioned?
Register of Undertakings and Assurances
Crossrail Information Papers
CHAPTER 3: DECISIONS ON VARIOUS SPECIFIC
PETITIONS
Iver Parish Council, the Ramblers' Association
and the Open Spaces Society
Mr James Middleton
Mr David Saunderson
Petitions from the Spitalfields area
Relations between Promoter and Petitioners
and the Community Liaison Panel
Settlement
Information Paper D12—the settlement
assessment process
Petitions from Spitalfields' residents related
to settlement
Noise—groundborne and from fixed installations
Explanation of noise measurements
Petitions from Spitalfields residents related
to noise
Health Impact of Crossrail on local residents
Lorry routes and the Construction Code
The Southern Alignment—'Route B' and
the adequacy of the Environmental Assessment
Whitechapel Station and the Kempton Court
Residents' Committee
Trustees of the SS Robin Trust
Association of West India Dock Commercial
Ship Owners
Canary Wharf Group plc
Souzel Properties Ltd
City of London Corporation
Mr Michael Pritchett
Mr Roy Carrier
The House of St Barnabas-in-Soho
Smithfield Market Tenants' Association
Contaminated land at Smithfield
Paddington Residents' Active Concern on Transport
Westbourne Park Villas Residents' Association
Hammerson (Paddington) Limited and Domaine
Developments Limited
Mr John Payne
Residents Society of Mayfair and St James's,
the Mayfair Action Group, Mr Leo Walters, and the Crossrail
Coalition of Residents and Petitioners
CHAPTER 4: PETITIONS FROM LONDON BOROUGHS
Table 1: London Borough Negotiations
London Borough of Bexley
London Borough of Camden
London Borough of Havering
London Borough of Newham
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Westminster City Council
CHAPTER 5: RAILWAY INTERESTS PETITIONERS
The House of Commons Report
The Access Option and the Railway Bill Clauses
Jean Lambert MEP and others and BAA Ltd
Association of Train Operating Companies
Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
Rail Freight Group and other rail freight
petitioners, and English Welsh and Scottish Railway Ltd
CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION AND THE FUTURE OF
THE PROJECT
APPENDIX 1: List of Members and Members'
Interests
APPENDIX 2: Committee Visits
APPENDIX 3: Petitioners against the Crossrail
Bill in the House of Lords
APPENDIX 4: Generic issues agreed with
Local Authorities— further information
APPENDIX 5: Note from the Promoter to
the Committee on Home Loss Payments
APPENDIX 6: Note from the Promoter to
the Committee on Railway Compensation
APPENDIX 7: Note from the Promoter to
the Committee on the Rail Infrastructure Manager
APPENDIX 8: Note from the Promoter to
the Committee on Clauses 40 and 41 of the Bill
APPENDIX 9: Committee Rulings given during
Proceedings
APPENDIX 10: Statements Relating to the
Petition of the London Borough of Camden
APPENDIX 11: List of Unprinted Evidence
APPENDIX 12: Amendments accepted by the Select Committee
APPENDIX 13: Explanation of Amendments to Clause 16
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HL 112-II)
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME III (HL 112-III)
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME IV (HL 112-IV)
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