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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HOUNSLOW

WANDSWORTH LEWISHAM

CROYDON

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NEWHAM

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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.

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Crossrail 2 factsheet: Hybrid bill process / June-2016