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HOUSE OF LORDS Select Committee on the Crossrail Bill 1st Special Report of Session 2007–08 Crossrail Bill Volume IV: Evidence Ordered to be printed 19 May 2008 and published 19 August 2008 Published by the Authority of the House of Lords London : The Stationery Office Limited £price HL Paper 112–IV CONTENTS IN VOLUME II Page List of Proceedings 19 February 2008 Chairman's Opening Address 1 Promoter's Opening Address 3 General presentation by the Promoters on noise and vibration 16 20 February 2008 General presentation by the Promoters on compensation 33 General presentation by the Promoters on ground settlement 46 26 February 2008 Promoters presentation on people with reduced mobility 59 The Petition of the London Borough of Newham 84 27 February 2008 The Petition of the London Borough of Newham 106 28 February 2008 The Petition of the Cyclists' Touring Club 146 3 March 2008 The Petition of Iver Parish Council, the Ramblers Association and the Open Spaces Society 169 4 March 2008 The Petition of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets 195 The Petition of Mr James Middleton 211 5 March 2008 The Petition of Mr David Saunderson 222 10 March 2008 Promoter’s opening remarks on Spitalfields 249 The Petition of Spitalfields Community Association 259 11 March 2008 The Petition of Selina Mifsud and others 273 The Petition of Nicholas Morse and others 294 The Petition of Selina Mifsud and others 296 The Petition of Spitalfields Community Association 312 12 March 2008 The Petition of Spitalfields Community Association 321 The Petition of Spitalfields Small Business Association Ltd 328 Spitalfields – Settlement Issues 346 Spitalfields – Noise Issues 361 CONTENTS IN VOLUME III Page 13 March 2008 The Petition of the Spitalfields Society 372 General Issues relating to the Spitalfields area 397 Promoter’s closing statement on the settlement issues in the Spitalfields area 420 17 March 2008 The Petition of Kempton Court Residents 427 18 March 2008 Chairman’s Ruling on compliance with the Environmental Impact Directive 85/337/EEC, as amended 451 The Petition of Ms Patricia Jones 454 19 March 2008 The Petition of Canary Wharf Group Plc 488 The Petition of Trustees Of The SS Robin Trust 508 The Petition of the Association of West India Dock Commercial Ship Owners 510 20 March 2008 The Petition of Souzel Properties Ltd 520 The Petition of the City of London Corporation 530 26 March 2008 The Petition of Michael Pritchett 532 1 April 2008 The Petition of London Borough of Bexley 555 The Petition of Mr Roy Carrier 597 2 April 2008 The Petition of Mr Roy Carrier 606 3 April 2008 Statement on the Office of Rail Regulation 618 The Petition of the London Borough of Camden 619 The Petition of David Monro and Adam Scott – The House of St Barnabas- in-Soho 22 April 2008 Promoter's opening address on Crossrail services and operations, the Access Option, general railway industry issues and Bill powers 641 The Petition of Jean Lambert MEP and others 666 The Petition of Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) 682 23 April 2008 The Petitions of London Borough of Havering, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, and Brentwood Borough Council 690 29 April 2008 The Petitions of the Freight Transport Association Ltd; The Rail Freight Group; Freightliner Group Ltd; Mendip Rail Ltd; Quarry Products Association Ltd; Hutchison Ports (UK) Ltd; The Felixstowe Dock & Railway Company; Harwich International Port Ltd; and Maritime Transport Services Ltd 700 CONTENTS IN VOLUME IV Page 30 April 2008 The Petition of Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd 751 Heathrow Western Link 784 The Petition of English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd 790 1 May 2008 The Petitions of the Freight Transport Association Ltd; The Rail Freight Group; Freightliner Group Ltd; Mendip Rail Ltd; Quarry Products Association Ltd; Hutchison Ports (UK) Ltd; The Felixstowe Dock & Railway Company; Harwich International Port Ltd; and Maritime Transport Services Ltd 805 The Petition of the Rail Freight Group 833 The Petition of the Trustees of the SS Robin Trust 835 Promoter’s Closing on railway issues 838 2 May 2008 The Petition of Smithfield Market Tenants’ Association 862 6 May 2008 The Petition of Westminster City Council 911 The Petition of Paddington Residents Active Concern on Transport (PRACT) 919 The Petition of Woodseer and Hanbury Residents Association 949 7 May 2008 The Petition of Westbourne Park Villas Residents Association 973 The Petition of Hammerson (Paddington) Limited and Domaine Developments Limited 990 The Petition of Westbourne Park Villas Residents Association 992 The Petition of Mr John Payne 1011 8 May 2008 The Petitions of the Crossrail Coalition of Residents and Petitioners; and the Residents Society of Mayfair & St James's Mayfair Action Group 1031 The Petition of Mr Leo Walters 1074 The Petition of Woodseer and Hanbury Residents Association 1076 Promoter’s Closing statement 1082 Processed: 14-08-2008 19:47:59 Page Layout: LOENEW [SO] PPSysB Job: 404689 Unit: PAG1 committee on the crossrail bill: evidence 751 DAY TWENTY-FOUR WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL 2008 Before: Colville of Culross, V (Chairman) Jones of Cheltenham, L Brooke of Alverthorpe, L Snape, L Fookes, B Young of Norwood Green, L James of Blackheath, L Ordered that Counsel and Parties be called in. The following Petition against the Bill was read: The Petition of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited. MrRobinPurchasQC andMsSairaKabirSheikh appeared on behalf of the Petitioner. MessrsBirchamDysonBell appeared as Agent. 9195. CHAIRMAN: Mr Purchas? infrastructure manager for the purposes of the ROGs; that is not in dispute. The diYculty is that this 9196. MR PURCHAS: My Lord, I appear for is an issue which arises under current legislation. Network Rail with my learned friend, Ms Saira What Network Rail are seeking to do is to seek Kabir Sheikh, who is on my right. undertakings from the Secretary of State which would fetter his discretion under existing legislation, 9197. CHAIRMAN: I wonder whether Mr Elvin and to give an undertaking would be unlawful wants to say anything about this. because there is a negotiation both on regulatory and commercial terms where, frankly, the Secretary of 9198. MR ELVIN: Briefly, my Lord. State sees the logic in Network Rail having a considerable involvement in the regulation of the 9199. CHAIRMAN: This is the ordinary method, central tunnel, as I said to you yesterday, and TfL are Mr Purchas. arguing, or were arguing, for almost complete exemption such as is the case with London 9200. MR ELVIN: My Lord, I foreshadowed it Underground and the Docklands Light Railway. yesterday and we have just received materials from That is not acceptable to the Department for it to be Network Rail which I have not been able to look at completely exempt, but the precise nature of the overnight. regulatory system which is to operate in the central tunnel is a diYcult matter and, as I said yesterday, it 9201. CHAIRMAN: So have we. involves negotiations outside the powers of this Bill. 9202. MR ELVIN: It says what I more or less expected it to say. The position is this, as I explained 9205. Therefore, in our respectful submission, whilst yesterday: that there is currently an issue as to how we note Network Rail’s concerns and we do see the central section of Crossrail, that is to say, the Network Rail as having a major role to play, not least tunnel section, is to be regulated. because of course we have to access the central section from Network Rail’s national network and 9203. CHAIRMAN: This is the infrastructure infrastructure, this is unfortunately a matter which manager point? has to continue under existing legislation outside the bill process and, therefore, in my respectful 9204. MR ELVIN: Yes, this is the infrastructure submission, although we are sympathetic to what manager point. Just taking a step back, this involves Network Rail have to say, it is a matter for further at least a three-way negotiation between the negotiation and not a matter where Network Rail Promoter, Network Rail, represented by my learned can properly ask your Lordships to do anything friends, and Transport for London. It is a negotiation about it. as to what precise regulatory mechanism should apply in terms of the infrastructure manager for access and general purposes under the central 9206. CHAIRMAN: It is the European Directive section. It is agreed that Network Rail should be point, is it? Processed: 14-08-2008 19:47:59 Page Layout: LOENEW [E] PPSysB Job: 404689 Unit: PAG1 752 committee on the crossrail bill: evidence 30 April 2008 The Petition of Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd 9207. MR ELVIN: In part, it is the transposition of nothing about any negotiations at all. It is about the European Directives into national law. something pretty simple; it is about the operation and maintenance of the railway. The 1993 Act, as your 9208. CHAIRMAN: Yes, it is the statutory Lordships will know, was careful to distinguish instrument which transposes it. matters of commercial interest, no doubt real interests to TfL, from safety and performance of the 9209. MR ELVIN: And indeed under the Railways rail network, and that is all we are interested in. Act. Whatever TfL may want to negotiate with us or anyone else is nothing to do with our Petition. It is 9210. LORD JAMES OF BLACKHEATH: You quite interesting we heard my learned friend because have an extraordinary situation. It sounds like one of it is exactly what we suspect has been going on, that these problems that is so stupid it should not possibly the financial interests of TfL have obfuscated what be allowed to exist for five minutes, but how long is we see as the very important public interest of that situation going to be allowed to continue and ensuring safe and eVective operation and still be able to proceed to the next stages of Crossrail maintenance of the system.