News: Cross Rail Bill carried over to next parliament
Flights > News > # 372 (07/04/2005)
The Crossrail Bill, a Hybrid Bill which would authorise the construction and maintenance of Crossrail, a new East-West cross-London rail link from Maidenhead in the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, including new tunnels under central London - has been carried over to the new Parliament.
Given the lengthy timescales associated with Hybrid Bills, they can be carried over from one session of Parliament to another, so that the Bill is not lost. Carry Over enables a Bill to continue in the next session or in a new Parliament at the same stage that it was at when it was carried over. Carry Over of the Crossrail Bill was secured through the passing of Carry Over Motions in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
Also a full Environmental Statement (ES) has been prepared for Crossrail, and copies deposited with the Bill when it was introduced in February. A deadline of 17th May has been set by the Department for Transport for comments on the ES, so that they can be presented to the House of Commons and published.
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