6520. CHAIRMAN: Let us see what happens.

  6521. MR MOULD: Mr Walker will now just tell me whether there is anything to report in relation to others. Then, insofar as the other Petitioners are concerned, your Lordships, I think, are aware that the Coal Pensions will not now be appearing tomorrow; I think we have reached an agreed position with them. Blaxmill, that is a landowner who own development land to the east of the Isle of Dogs and we are in discussions with them as we speak; there is a meeting going on between ourselves and Blaxmill at the moment. How that may result, I do not know, but their concerns are, I think, essentially to do with noise mitigation in relation to the tunnels, a topic which Mr Thornely-Taylor has told you about already in relation to their development site. I think also they have had it in mind to raise a point about the costs of proceedings in this House which, if they do raise it—

  6522. CHAIRMAN: Well, does not everybody?

  6523. MR MOULD: Indeed so, my Lord, and I very much share that thought, but I may need to say something about that if it is raised tomorrow. Then, finally, Souzel, they are the leasehold owners of a substantial block of offices in the City of London adjacent to Moorgate Station, and it is necessary, for the purposes of the project, to acquire a part of their offices during the construction process. We have indicated to them that we would accept that we must take the whole of their premises under the terms of an arrangement that we have put forward to them as regards material detriment. I think that they have asked for an hour tomorrow just to broach some questions over the timing of acquisition and the arrangements that they would wish to argue for in relation to the recovery of lost rent. I think their current underlessees' lease falls in June of this year and they are concerned about the situation with regard to their premises then being made void thereafter until their land is actually acquired for the purposes of the scheme. Your Lordship will have the point, I am sure.

  6524. CHAIRMAN: We are very happy to hear this. It is, however, an illustration of what we were talking about earlier. They have got a planning permission for a 14-storey building which I imagine would be a pretty valuable asset.

  6525. MR MOULD: This is Souzel or Blaxmill?

  6526. CHAIRMAN: This is Souzel.

  6527. MR MOULD: Yes, absolutely.

  6528. CHAIRMAN: Supposing that we were minded to give effect to what the Canary Wharf Group were saying this morning, they are the sort of people who might want to have similar provisions. I think you have got an alternative solution, but they are the sort of people who might.

  6529. MR MOULD: They may have that thought in mind, yes.

  6530. CHAIRMAN: They would not at the moment because it is not really available.

  6531. MR MOULD: But it is an illustration of some of the difficulties that would result from the approach which has been argued before your Lordships today certainly.

  6532. CHAIRMAN: As I understand it, you are proposing to buy the site anyway.

  6533. MR MOULD: We are, yes.

  6534. CHAIRMAN: So that would put paid to that.

  6535. MR MOULD: Yes, that is right.

  6536. CHAIRMAN: Well, of course they can come and we will listen to them for as long as needs be.

  6537. MR MOULD: So that is a short survey of tomorrow's business.

  6538. CHAIRMAN: Have Greater London Offices settled?

  6539. MR MOULD: Yes.