crossrail 2 factsheet: hybrid bill process · 2016-07-07 · recent examples of hybrid bills...
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Crossrail 2 factsheet: Hybrid bill process
What is Crossrail 2?Crossrail 2 is a proposed new railway serving London and the wider South East. It would connect the National Rail networks in Surrey and Hertfordshire via new tunnels and stations between Wimbledon, Tottenham Hale and New Southgate linking in with London Underground, Crossrail 1, National Rail, High Speed 1,High Speed 2, London Trams and international services. Crossrail 2 is being taken forward for development by Transport for London in partnership with Network Rail.
How will we seek permission to build Crossrail 2? We are in the very early stages of designing Crossrail 2 and do not have permission to build it yet. We expect to seek permission to build and operate the railway in 2019 through a piece of legislation known as a hybrid bill. This factsheet provides more information about that process.
What is a hybrid bill?A hybrid bill is a set of proposals for introducing new laws, or changing existing ones.
They are generally used when Government wishes to secure powers to construct and operate major infrastructure projects of national importance. Essentially they give planning permission for projects which are too big and complicated for the usual planning authorities to consider.
Hybrid bills combine features of public bills (legislation that affects everyone) and private bills (legislation that affects specific individuals/organisations in a particular way). Before a hybrid bill can be passed, the principle of the proposal must be approved by Parliament and the details looked at carefully by a Select Committee of MPs.
What does a hybrid bill provide?Once passed, the hybrid bill would grant Government planning permission to build Crossrail 2 and the powers to:
• Operate and maintain Crossrail 2 and its associated works
• Compulsorily acquire interests in the land required
• Affect or change rights of way, including closing or diverting highways and waterways (permanently or temporarily)
• Modify infrastructure belonging to other organisations (like utility companies)
• Carry out work on listed buildings
• Carry out protective works to buildings and third-party infrastructure
Recent examples of hybrid bills include the bill for phase one of High Speed 2 currently being considered in Parliament; the bill for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (enacted as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996), and now built and operated as High Speed One); and the bill for Crossrail 1 (enacted as the Crossrail Act 2008).
A hybrid bill provides power to build and operate the new railway
What is a hybrid bill?A hybrid bill is a set of proposals for introducing new laws, or changing existing ones.
They are generally used when Government wishes to secure powers to construct and operate major infrastructure projects of national importance. Essentially they give planning permission for projects which are too big and complicated for the usual planning authorities to consider.
Hybrid bills combine features of public bills (legislation that affects everyone) and private bills (legislation that affects specific individuals/organisations in a particular way). Before a hybrid bill can be passed, the principle of the proposal must be approved by Parliament and the details looked at carefully by a Select Committee of MPs.
What does a hybrid bill provide?Once passed, the hybrid bill would grant Government planning permission to build Crossrail 2 and the powers to:
• Operate and maintain Crossrail 2 and its associated works
• Compulsorily acquire interests in the land required
• Affect or change rights of way, including closing or divertinghighways and waterways (permanently or temporarily)
• Modify infrastructure belonging to other organisations(like utility companies)
• Carry out work on listed buildings
• Carry out protective works to buildings and third-partyinfrastructure
Recent examples of hybrid bills include the bill for phase one of High Speed 2 currently being considered in Parliament; the bill for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (enacted as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996), and now built and operated as High Speed One); and the bill for Crossrail 1 (enacted as the Crossrail Act 2008).
A hybrid bill provides power to build and operate the new railway
What is included in a hybrid bill?In order to get the legal powers to build and operate the new railway, a Crossrail 2 hybrid bill will be deposited in Parliament. The Crossrail 2 Bill will be accompanied by a range of supporting documents including:
• An Environmental Statement describing the scheme, its likely significant environmental effectsand the measures being taken as part of the scheme to mitigate them
• Plans and sections, which are drawings of the route showing the main works that would beundertaken and the land affected
• A Book of Reference containing the names of the owners, lessees and occupiers of all theland and property which may be acquired or temporarily used
• A Housing Statement, setting out the number of houses and residents that would be affectedby the compulsory acquisition of the land in the bill
• An estimate of the expense of acquiring the necessary land and building the railway
• A range of Information Papers, explaining particular aspects of the proposals in more detail
What happens to a hybrid bill next? Before a bill is approved and becomes law, it goes through a process in Parliament.
In Parliament there would be several formal proceedings on the Crossrail 2 Bill before it is passed as legislation. The earliest Crossrail 2 could secure powers (through the bill becoming law) to start construction is 2022.
Following the deposit of the bill and supporting documents and its formal First Reading, the public would have an opportunity to comment on the Environmental Statement.
After this, the principles of the bill are debated in Parliament at the Second Reading. Public
Anticipated project timeline
comments on the Environmental Statement would also be debated by MPs. If MPs approve the principle of the bill, a Select Committee would then be set up and a petitioning period fixed. This would allow people to petition against aspects of the bill which specifically and directly affect them and to have their views considered by the Select Committee. The Select Committee would then write a report with recommendations, and may make amendments to the bill.
After the Select Committee has reported, MPs would then form a Public Bill Committee to review the bill. This could result in further amendments, after which it would undergo its Third Reading in the House. At this reading, MPs will decide whether to pass the bill before going to the House of Lords.
A similar process would then be followed in the House of Lords. The bill would return to the House of Commons for consideration of amendments made in the Lords before receiving Royal Assent and becoming an Act of Parliament.
Having your sayAhead of submitting a bill, we will be consulting with the public to identify community concerns and shape our proposals. There will be many opportunities for you to provide feedback on proposals for Crossrail 2 through further rounds of consultation prior to deposit of a hybrid bill in Parliament.
For further information please visit the hybrid bill section of the UK Parliament website
Summer 2016Response to issues raised document released Further design and development workLocal engagement
2017Response to issues raised document releasedFurther design and development workLocal engagement
2019-Early 2020sPublic information rounds (a series of public events to showcase the proposals in advance of the bill deposit) Submission of hybrid bill to Parliament Formal Environmental Statement consultation and petitioning period
2018ConsultationFurther design and development work Local engagement
Early 2020sConstruction of Crossrail 2
Early 2030sOpening of Crossrail 2
Autumn 2016Consultation
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CITY OFLONDON
KINGSTONUPON
THAMES
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SUTTONSURREY
SURREY
SURREY
BROMLEY
HOUNSLOW
WANDSWORTH LEWISHAM
CROYDON
BRENT
HARINGEY
CAMDENHACKNEY
NEWHAM
ENFIELD
River Thames
Victoria
Clapham Junction
Wimbledon
Epsom
Ewell West
Teddington
Stoneleigh
Worcester Park
Motspur Park
Tooting BroadwayRaynes
Park
Berrylands
Sunbury
NewMalden
Euston St. Pancras
Angel
HamptonWick
KemptonPark
Kingston
Norbiton
Tottenham Court Road
Balham
Surbiton
Hampton
Fulwell
Shepperton Hampton Court
Upper Halliford
Thames Ditton
Chessington South
Chessington North
Tolworth
MaldenManor
Dalston
Tottenham Hale
Northumberland Park
Angel Road
Ponders End
Brimsdown
Waltham Cross
Cheshunt
Broxbourne
Enfield Lock
Hackney Central
Wood GreenNew Southgate
Alexandra Palace
Seven Sisters
Turnpike Lane
King’s RoadChelsea
Key
London Trams
Stations
National Rail
High Speed 1
High Speed 2
London Underground
London Overground
Crossrail 1
Tunnel portal
Intermediate shaft
Tunnelled section depots and stabling
Central core of route
Regional branches
Potential future Eastern branch
Route previously consulted on via Tooting Broadway
Newly proposed route
Option via Turnpike Lane and Alexandra Palace
Option via Wood Green
October 2015
Crossrail 2 route (autumn 2015)
MAYOR OF LONDON
Subject to finalisation
Proposed Crossrail 2 route as of October 2015
To find out more Visit www.crossrail2.co.uk where you can view and download a range of factsheets, maps and other information about the scheme.
Please contact us to request a copy of this leaflet and other Crossrail 2 consultation material in hard copy, large print, audio or another language.
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Crossrail 2 factsheet: Hybrid bill process / June-2016