Clause 15 - Office of Rail Regulation
London Olympics Bill
4:45 pm
Richard Caborn (Minister of State (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Sheffield Central, Labour)
I may have to write to the hon. Gentleman on this issue. However, as I see the structure that we have in place, a serious conflict could be resolved by the Olympic board steering group, which will continue to monitor matters.
I will ask my officials to look at the drafting of the Crossrail Bill to see whether it will impact adversely on the ODA. I cannot answer that point yet. The advice given to me is that it should not, but I will make sure of that.
Problems will no doubt arise, but we believe that we have got the division of responsibilities and priorities right for delivery, whether we are talking about Crossrail, which is the responsibility of the ORR, or the ODA. That is what we have in the Bill at the moment, which is why I ask the hon. Gentleman not to press amendment No. 1. I tabled Government amendments Nos. 37 and 38 to make the situation crystal clear. However, I will revisit the subject of Crossrail to see whether any issues need to be reconsidered in light of legislation going through the House.
Amendment agreed to.
Amendment made: No. 38, in clause 15, page 11, line 26, leave out 'subsection (1)' and insert
'section 4(1) of the Railways Act 1993 (c. 43) (as modified by subsection (1))'.—[Mr. Caborn.]
Clause 15, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 16 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Further consideration adjourned.—[Claire Ward.]
Adjourned accordingly at thirteen minutes to Five o'clock till Tuesday 18 October at half-past Ten o'clock.