Clause 43
Crossrail Bill
11:45 am
Tom Harris (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport; Glasgow South, Labour)
Again, to set the amendment in context, when the Secretary of State acquires from a railway operator land on which there are works that have been authorised by a previous statute, clause 43 allows for the transfer to the Secretary of State or the nominated undertaker any statutory powers or duties relating to those works and previously exercisable by the railway operator. The clause, oddly enough, is precedented in the 1996 Act—a fact of which I would not be so dismissive as the hon. Gentleman is tempted to be.