Clause 7 - Investigator's powers
Railways and Transport Safety Bill
Public Bill Committees, 4 February 2003, 3:45 pm
Mr John Spellar (Minister of State (Transport), Department for Transport; Warley, Labour)
The hon. Lady talked about properties being within 500 yd, but her amendment would apply to land that was within 500 yd of railway property. We are talking about going across land, which may be necessary to move heavy lifting equipment and so on to get access to the railway. Her amendment would preclude that. This is not about the invasion of houses, but the crossing of property, which may include houses.