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Bill documents — Crossrail Act 2008

Act of Parliament

Full text of the Act of Parliament as passed by Parliament (this is the Act in its original state. The Act may have been amended by another Act and any such amendments are not shown in this version).

House Act of Parliament Date
Commons Crossrail Act 2008 c.18 22.07.2008

Bills

Full text of the Bill as introduced and further versions of the Bill as it is reprinted to incorporate amendments (proposals for change) made during its passage through Parliament.

House Bill Date
Lords Bill as Amended in Grand Committee on Re-Commitment - html version as at 26 June 2008 27.06.2008
Lords Bill as Amended in Grand Committee on Re-Commitment - pdf version as at 26 June 2008 (PDF, 1MB) 27.06.2008
Lords Bill as Amended by the Select Committee - html version 22.05.2008
Lords Bill as Amended by the Select Committee - pdf version (PDF, 1MB) 22.05.2008
Lords Bill as introduced - html version 17.12.2007
Lords Bill as introduced - pdf version (PDF, 1MB) 17.12.2007
Commons Bill as amended in Public Bill Committee - html version 28.11.2007
Commons Bill as amended in Public Bill Committee - pdf version (PDF, 1MB) 28.11.2007
Commons Bill as reintroduced - html version 09.11.2007
Commons Bill as reintroduced - pdf version (PDF, 1MB) 09.11.2007
Commons Bill as amended in the Crossrail Bill Select Committee - html version 18.10.2007
Commons Bill as amended in the Crossrail Bill Select Committee - pdf version (PDF, 1004KB) 18.10.2007
Commons Bill as re-introduced - html version 16.11.2006
Commons Bill as re-introduced - pdf version (PDF, 946KB) 16.11.2006
Commons Bill as re-introduced - html version 18.05.2005
Commons Bill as re-introduced - pdf version (PDF, 927KB) 18.05.2005
Commons Bill as introduced - pdf version (PDF, 927KB) 22.02.2005
Commons Bill as introduced - html version 22.02.2005

Petitions against the Bill

It is open to any individual, group of individuals or organisation ‘directly and specially affected’ by the provisions of a private or hybrid bill to voice their objections in a petition against that bill.

House Petition against the Bill Date
Lords Petitions against the Bill
Petitions against the Bill in the Lords 		18.01.2008
Commons Petitions against amendments-iv
Petitions deposited against the fourth set of Crossrail Bill Additional Provisions 		14.06.2007
Commons Petitions against amendments-iii
Petitions deposited against the third set of Crossrail Bill Additional Provisions 		11.01.2007
Commons Petitions against amendments-ii
Petitions deposited against the second set of Crossrail Bill Additional Provisions in the House of Commons 		16.06.2006
Commons Petitions against amendments-i
Petitions deposited against the first Crossrail Bill Additional Provision 		17.02.2006
Commons Petitions against the Bill
Petitions against the Crossrail Bill in the House of Commons 		13.01.2006

Explanatory Notes

Documents to explain the purpose of the Bill.

House Explanatory Notes Date
Lords Explanatory Notes to Bill 14 - html version 17.12.2007
Lords Explanatory Notes to Bill 14 - pdf version (PDF, 471KB) 17.12.2007
Commons Explanatory Notes to Bill 5 - pdf version (PDF, 205KB) 09.11.2007
Commons Explanatory Notes to Bill 5 - html version 09.11.2007
Commons Explanatory Note to Bill 2 prepared by the Department for Transport - html version 16.11.2006
Commons Explanatory Note to Bill 2 prepared by the Department for Transport - pdf version (PDF, 343KB) 16.11.2006
Commons Explanatory Note to Bill 1 18.05.2005

Amendment papers

Full list of amendment papers relating to the Bill. Individual amendment papers will be replaced with consolidated lists before the amendments are discussed. Page and line references in amendment papers refer to the PDF version of the Bill.

House Amendment Paper Date
Lords Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report as at 14 July 2008 15.07.2008
Lords Revised Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee (on Re-Committment) as at 25 June 2008 26.06.2008
Lords Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee (on Re-Committment) as at 24 June 2008 25.06.2008
Commons Consideration of Bill as at Thursday 13th December 2007 13.12.2007
Commons Public Bill Committee Amendments as at Tuesday 27th November 2007 27.11.2007
Commons Public Bill Committee Amendments as at Thursday 22nd November 2007 22.11.2007
Amendment of Provisions deposited in the Private Bill Office on 7 Nov 06 dated 2 Nov 06 (PDF, 432KB) 07.11.2006
Amendment of Provisions deposited in the Private Bill Office on 9 May 06 dated 4 May 06 (PDF, 123KB) 09.05.2006
Amendment of Provisions deposited in the Private Bill Office on 18 Jan 06 dated 10 Jan 06 (PDF, 117KB) 18.01.2006

Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons

Details of the Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings in the House of Commons. The documents contain the text of amendments considered at each sitting and show whether it was agreed to, negatived (not agreed), not called, not moved or withdrawn.

House Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons Date
Commons Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments as at 22nd July 2008 23.07.2008
Commons Report Stage Proceedings as at Thursday 13th December 2007 14.12.2007
Commons Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 27th November 2007 28.11.2007
Commons Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 22nd November 2007 23.11.2007

Briefing papers

House of Commons Library and House of Lords Library briefing papers aim to be politically impartial, containing factual information as well as a range of opinions on each subject. Briefing papers on Bills are produced before Second Reading and, in the Commons, after Committee Stage.

House Briefing papers Date
Commons Research Paper on the Crossrail Bill: Committee Stage Report (PDF, 130KB) 06.12.2007
Commons Crossrail Bill HC 1 Research Paper (PDF, 505KB) 01.06.2005

Select Committee reports

The following select committee reports have been identified as relevant to the debate on the Bill.

House Select Committee report Date
Commons Crossrail Bill Select Committee First Special Report - html version 23.10.2007
Commons Crossrail Bill Select Committee First Special Report - pdf version (PDF, 2MB) 23.10.2007

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