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HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (Second sitting)That was such a wide-ranging speech that I fear it fell out of the scope of the line-by-line scrutiny of this Bill. However, I will do my best to address as many of the issues as…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)The clause authorises the nominated undertaker to construct and maintain the works specified in schedule 1 for the construction of phase 2a of High Speed 2 and other incidental…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)The hon. Gentleman raises an important point. Of course local communities want to protect their local heritage sites, and of course we will work with local authorities and…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)This is the standard clause that appears in Bills and provides for the expenditure of public money. It simply provides that any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)Clause 23 provides that works authorised by the Bill may be carried out on consecrated land without being affected by restrictions and obligations imposed by ecclesiastical or…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)I beg to move, That, if proceedings on the High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill are not completed at this day’s sitting, the Committee do meet on: (a) Tuesdays when the…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)Clause 3 introduces schedules 4 and 5, which allow the nominated undertaker to carry out works to and otherwise affect highways. That includes creating new or improving existing…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)The hon. Gentleman makes a valid point. We want the project to be as clean and green as possible, and freight capacity is a major issue that we are investigating to ensure that as…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)Clause 4 provides the Secretary of State with the power to compulsorily acquire land within the limits shown in the Bill, where such land is required for phase 2a. Subsection (2)…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)Clause 6 allows the Secretary of State to use the power under section 4(1) to compulsorily acquire airspace only, rather than the land beneath it, for the purpose of aerial works.…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)Clause 7 allows the Secretary of State to compulsorily purchase only the subsoil or under-surface of land within the Bill limits for work such as tunnelling. Where the Secretary…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)Clause 8 allows the nominated undertaker to use any subsoil beneath the highway within the Bill limits which is required for the purpose of construction and maintenance of works…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)The hon. Gentleman raises an important point. I already attend meetings with the National Farmers Union and the Country Land and Business Association. We will of course continue…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)Clause 9 sets out an expiry period for compulsory purchase powers of five years from the date of Royal Assent. The clause allows the Secretary of State by order to extend this…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)Clause 10 introduces schedule 14, which contains provisions about extinguishing private rights and any general rights of access over land, where such land is required for phase…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)The clause applies the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, which provide a process by which any apparatus of the statutory undertaker on such land may be removed…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)The clause prevents rights of way from being acquired by prescription over land that forms an access to any railway infrastructure and which is held for phase 2a. Question put and…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)Clause 13 introduces schedules 15 and 16, which give the Secretary of State powers to take temporary possession of land within the Bill limits for the purpose of phase 2a. The…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)The clause provides that the nominated undertaker will be responsible for paying compensation under section 10(1) of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965, instead of the Secretary of…25 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)The clause provides deemed planning permission under part III of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for carrying out the works authorised by the Bill. Deemed planning…25 Jun 2019