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1 High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Select Committee: Minutes of Proceedings 2015–16

Formal Minutes of the High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee

Monday 8 June 2015

Members present:

Mr Henry Bellingham Sir Peter Bottomley

Ian Mearns Mr Robert Syms

1. Chairmanship Mr Robert Syms was called to the Chair.

2. Declarations of Interests Members declared their interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix). 3. Committee’s programme of work The Committee considered this matter.

Ordered, That the public be admitted during the examination of petitioners unless the Committee order otherwise.

Ordered, That uncorrected transcripts of oral evidence heard by the Committee shall be placed on the parliamentary website, unless the Committee order otherwise. Ordered, That formal minutes of the Committee’s proceedings shall be placed on the parliamentary website, unless the Committee order otherwise. 4. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 1048 Richard and Donna Hooper 516 South Bucks District Council 520 Buckinghamshire County Council 635 Colne Valley Park Community Interest Company.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 9 June 2015, 2.00pm.

High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Select Committee: Minutes of Proceedings 2015-16 2

Tuesday 9 June 2015

Members present:

Mr Robert Syms, in the Chair


Ian Mearns

1. Committee’s programme of work The Committee considered this matter.

2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioner: 1056 Malcolm and Margot Wrigley Pritchard 3. Briefing

The Committee was briefed on ground settlement by Prof. Robert Mair

[Adjourned till Monday 15 June 2015, 2.00pm.

Thursday 11 June 2015

Mr Robert Syms (Chair), Mr Henry Bellingham, Sir Peter Bottomley, and Ian Mearns visited the Aylesbury and Wendover area in a representative capacity, in connection with the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill.

Monday 15 June 2015

Members present:



Ian Mearns



2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 427 Hillingdon Borough Council

[Adjourned till Tuesday 16 June 2015, 9.30am. Tuesday 16 June 2015

Members present:



Ian Mearns


2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 427 Hillingdon Borough Council

[Adjourned till Wednesday 17 June 2015, 9.30am.

Wednesday 17 June 2015

Members present:



Ian Mearns


2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 11 Hillingdon Outdoor Activities Centre 1337 Hillingdon Rowing Club 1765 Arthur Daily Trips


471 Ian and Susan Howie 3. Tunnels The Committee was briefed on the issues in the Amersham and Chesham area by Rt Hon Cheryl Gillan MP.

[Adjourned till Thursday 18 June 2015, 9.30am. Thursday 18 June 2015

Members present:



Ian Mearns


2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 712 Ickenham Residents Association 720 Philip Taylor and others 1452 Virginia Freeman 1454 Paul Freeman 703 The Governing Body of the Breakspear School

[Adjourned till Tuesday 23 June 2015, 9.30am.

Monday 22 June 2015

Mr Robert Syms (Chair), Mr Henry Bellingham, Sir Peter Bottomley, and Ian Mearns visited the Amersham and Chesham area in a representative capacity, in connection with the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill.

Tuesday 23 June 2015

Members present:




Ian Mearns


2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 721 Caroline and Richard Spooner and Jamie Avaient 725 Alan Noad and others 1456 Geoffrey Powell 710 Jill Watson and others 1458 Mr & Mrs P Cahill 1745 John Coombe and others 728 John Donovan and others 717 Robert Griffith Jones-Owen and others 730 Caroline Hornett-White and others 729 John Donovan 724 Beryl Upton 1264 Ernest and Sheila Ilott 718 Matthew Snoddy and 106 others 715 Kirsty Gibbs and others 899 Miss K J Alonso and Mr K J West 731 Gayle Metcalfe, Caitlin Metcalfe and Susan Barnes 701 Pauline Woodham 702 Ian Phillips and others 723 Susan Crane and others 704 Richard Howard 713 Matthew Semple and others 706 The Governing Body of Vyners School

[Adjourned till Wednesday 24 June 2015, 9.30am.

Wednesday 24 June 2015

Members present:



Ian Mearns

1. Committee’s programme of work


The Committee considered this matter.

2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 1757 Clive Medcraft 1170 Fred and Jean Dawson 1169 Toby and William Dalton 318 West London Composting Limited 319 Martin and Jennifer Grundon 813 The Governing Body of Ruislip High School and The Governing Body of

Ruislip Gardens Primary School 1055 The Governing Body of Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 811 Keri Brennan and Terence Brennan 1667 Jeremy Seaborn and others 819 Christine Leonard

[Adjourned till Monday 29 June 2015, 2.00pm.

Monday 29 June 2015

Members present:



Ian Mearns


2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 557 South Ruislip Residents Association 738 Councillor Allan Kauffman, Councillor Judy Kelly,

Councillor Shirley Harper O'Neil 44 Ruislip Residents Association 271 Ruislip Chamber of Commerce 483 Divyakant Mazny of Nu-Ways Pharmacy and others 1358 Luke Shirley and Eleanor Devenis 814 Kate Ammon 812 Charlotte Jones


[Adjourned till Tuesday 30 June 2015, 9.30am.

Friday 26 June 2015

Mr Robert Syms (Chair), Mr Henry Bellingham, and Sir Peter Bottomley visited the Buckinghamshire area, in a representative capacity, in connection with the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill.

Tuesday 30 June 2015

Members present:



Ian Mearns


2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 707 Eric and Jean Gustavson 727 Mrs Mary Cockerell & others 719 Ian Mortimer and 75 others 714 Stuart Heather and others 726 Brian and Angela Adams 1457 Hilary and Leslie Collins 722 Brian Cable and others 708 Janet Davies and others 711 Jennifer Baker and others 709 Debra Marskell and others 713 Matthew Semple and others 736 Councillor Douglas Mills, Councillor Michael Markham, Councillor Susan

O'Brien 737 Councillor Philip Corthorne, Councillor John Riley, Councillor Brian Crowe 734 Councillor Henry Higgins 735 Councillor Raymond Puddifoot, Councillor David Simmonds, Councillor

John Hensley 67 Three Rivers District Council

3. Tunnels


Rt Hon David Lidington MP provided the Committee with an informal presentation on tunnels.

[Adjourned till Wednesday 1 July 2015, 9.30am.

Wednesday 1 July 2015

Members present:



Ian Mearns


2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 1773 Nick Hurd MP 491 The Mayor of London Acting on behalf of The Greater London Authority 497 Transport for London

[Adjourned till Thursday 2 July 2015, 9.30am. Thursday 2 July 2015

Members present:



Ian Mearns


2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 430 The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 418 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council

[Adjourned till Tuesday 7 July 2015, 2.30pm.


Tuesday 7 July 2015

Members present:



Ian Mearns


2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 1686 HS2 Euston Action Group 269 Remavon Limited 1. Departing Member

The Chair expressed the thanks of the Committee members to Mr Ian Mearns for his work on the Committee.

[Adjourned till Monday 13 July 2015, 2.00pm.

Monday 13 July 2015

Members present:


Mr Henry Bellingham Sir Peter Bottomley Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Mr David Crausby Mr Mark Hendrick


2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 416 Chiltern District Council


520 Buckinghamshire County Council 521 Aylesbury Vale District Council 415 The Chilterns Conservation Board 3. Declaration of Interests

Mr Hendrick declared orally to the Committee that he had no personal or constituency interest in the Bill. Mr Crausby having already provided declaration in writing. In accordance with the resolution of the House of 13 July 1992, each of the Members confirmed that their entries in the register of interests were accurate. (see Appendix)

[Adjourned till Tuesday 14 July 2015, 9.30am.

Tuesday 14 July 2015

Members present:





2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 761 Chiltern Society 106 Halton Parish Council 1512 Wendover Parish Council 605 Wendover Society 83 Wendover HS2 3. Declaration of Interests Mr Clifton-Brown declared orally to the Committee that he had no personal or constituency interest in the Bill. Mr Cliffon-Brown confirmed that their entries in the register of interests were accurate. (see Appendix)

[Adjourned till Wednesday 15 July 2015, 9.30am.


Wednesday 15 July 2015

Members present:





2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 416 Chiltern District Council 520 Buckinghamshire County Council 521 Aylesbury Vale District Council 415 The Chilterns Conservation Board

[Adjourned till Monday 20 July 2015, 2.00pm.

Monday 20 July 2015

Members present:





1. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 1618 The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty 1288 The Chiltern Countryside Group 1285 Chiltern Ridges HS2 Action Group 1310 Conserve the Chilterns and Countryside


[Adjourned till Tuesday 21 July 2015, 9.30am.

Tuesday 21 July 2015

Members present:





2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 1809 The Residents Environmental Protection Association 3. Chair statement The Chair issued a statement containing various interim views of the Committee including on tunnelling in the Chilterns.

[Adjourned till Monday 7 September 2015, 2.00pm.

Monday 10 August 2015

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Mr David Crausby and Mr Mark Hendrick visited the Chilterns area in a representative capacity, in connection with the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill.

Monday 7 September 2015

Members present:






2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 106 Halton Parish Council 1512 The Wendover Parish Council 758 Ellesborough Parish Council 605 The Wendover Society 283 Richard and Caroline Harwood 578 Dr Colin Riley 33 The Little Kingshill Village Society 26 Mrs Sandra MacDonald 1197 Susan Newman 1208 Vivian Bailey 1213 Ronald Stanley and Camilla Plummer 31 James and Margaret Emery 32 Jane and Adrian Doyle 1229 Richard and Jennifer Yarrow 617 Emma and David Davies 14 Antony and Carol Chapman 15 Neil Beddall and Others 17 Roger Perkins 19 Mary Sketch 20 D L P Purcell and Mrs P R Purcell 21 Nigel and Susan Wright 85 Rosanne Adam 582 Michael Malone 276 David and Cassandra Street 1721 Richard Ingleton 2 David Ball 49 Robert Lewis and Others 609 The Residents of Coombe Avenue, Wendover 99 Oliver Statham and Others 286 Robert Phipps 69 Lionel Judd 596 Joan Coxhead 78 Paul and Jacqueline Jones 79 Sarah Nicholson 80 Richard Birchley 68 Patricia Birchley 612 Murray Cooke and others 610 Sherrilyn Anne Jones 823 Martin Bertram and Jane Chambers 1462 Iain and Patricia Scotter


290 Dr Patricia Jackson and Dr Matthew Jackson 587 Christopher Pallet 776 Ian and Christine MacMillan 867 Graham and Sara Dodd

[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 September 2015, 9.30am.

Tuesday 8 September 2015

Members present:





2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 1581 Wendover Church of England Junior School 1137 John Colet School 1136 Dr John Savin 614 Marian and Philip Wallis 1243 Anna Ellershaw 1554 Kim and Gillian Wharton 104 Brian Thompson 22, 23 24 Andrew Band 597 Peter and Veronica Lockett 598 Ian Hanson 616 Nicole Alcock 428 Ian Barnes 438 Eifion Lewis 786 Rachel Garver 787 Joseph Garver 1831 Windsor Thomas 81 Richard and Valerie Brown 1682 David Locke 1692 Ronald and Lynn Petersen 84 Antiques at Wendover/ The Barn Courtyard 82 Nicolette Gregory 86 Rosamund Green


[Adjourned till Wednesday 9 September 2015, 9.30am.

Wednesday 9 September 2015

Members present:





2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 1681 Dunsmore Society 292 Alison Oakes 576 Belinda Sharkey 1193 Roger Waller 1195 Jennifer Waller 289 Valerie Stevenson 580 Geoffrey Toull 278 David Marshall 1072 Sara-Jane Stillwell 1074 Ivan Stillwell 1084 Nicole Stillwell 1075 Judith Stancombe 1080 Andrew Stancombe 1081 Helen Stancombe 291 Dr Adrian Wilson 1159 Paula Wilson 1176 Christina and Michael O'Toole 1580 Nick Phillips 288 The Weatherhead Group 583 John George Sterk 611 Katherine Weatherhead 613 David Havard 1178 Debbie Lee 1181 William Lee 1022 The Lee Parish Council 1573 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the

Baptist, The Lee


1050 Governing Body of Lee Common Church of England School 849 David Ambrose 1265 Daniel Wolfe 1700 Reina Free 1513 Johanna Free 1531 Geoffrey Hartley 1696 Anthea Hartley 1909 David William Cairns 1183 Brenda Gover

[Adjourned till Thursday 10 September 2015, 9.30am.

Thursday 10 September 2015

Members present:





1. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 90 Susan Jepson 91 Anthony Jepson 1286 Colin and Rita Sully 92 Graham and Ruth Fowler 1275 Jonathan Batten 1276 Rosemary Batten 1277 Patricia Chinnery 1278 Richard Chinnery 1465 Thomas Brockett 1496 Richard Brockett 212 Crispins Partnership Limited 211 Diana Taylor 507 Philip and Diana Moody 1313 James Metcalfe and Others 691 Dr Heather -Mold 692 Barry Barrett-Mold 1254 Janet Margurite Whittow 1255 Allan Whittow




Members present:





2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 510 David and Diana Jones 571 Mary Campbell 94 Judith Syer 1530 Evelyn Dovey 1284 Emma Kendrick-Jones 1518 Mr Crescenzo and Mrs Claudia D'Alessandro 142 Gianfranco Parola trading as The Cock and Rabbit Inn 1590 Victoria Parola 509 Bryan Hart 1516 Sally and Eric Timms 561 Philippa Hart 1014 Anna Ludlow 435 Nigel Pollard 1533 Jon and Patricia Swain 568 Colin and Frances Little 1699 Lita Albrecht-Turner 1236 Kathryn Rice 156 Tamsin Riley-Smith 1813 Simon Denison-Smith 189 Barnaby Usborne 188 The Lee Parish Community Shop Association Limited 1256 Peter and Elizabeth Macann 1036 Malcolm Hafner 293 Alan and Christine Richfield-Andrews


287 Colin and Mrs Julie Bryant 148 Andrew Burnett 149 Jacqueline Burnett



Members present:





2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 1186 South Heath Action Group 1082 Robin and Karen Hopkinson 689 Dr Simon Hook and Judith Hook 56 Mary Morgan 124 Frances Morgan 153 William John and Kay Whitnell 159 Marcus Beckford 162 Josephine Beckford 1192 Christopher and Rebecca Reynolds 1066 Charles Walker 688 Michael and Jane Allen 1908 Sibleys Rise Residents' Group 1035 Marriotts Avenue Group 1076 Carol Rainsford 34 Lynda Cooke 36 Jane Munnoch 41 Medical Investment and Financial Management Limited, and Mark Candler 113 Andrew Fyffe 116 Victor and Jane Brown


146 Karen Tebbs 1077 Timothy and Ruth Stuart 37 Margaret Cameron 39 Ann Gourd 109 Rachel Hylton 1180 Ian Hylton 1515 Giles and Claire Robertson 1501 Isobel Robertson 1524 John Glanfield 151 Helen Rook 143 Philip Rook 1023 Judith Beilby 117 Fred Harrison 118 Bridget Harrison 1522 Ross McVean 194 Dr Alistair McVean



Members present:





2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 1046 Emma Crane 1047 William Crane 1053 Rachel Crane 30 Commandment Property Services (UK) Limited 436 Commandment Management Maintenance Limited 1017 Ballinger Road Residents Association 115 Richard and Sheila Underhill 119 John Cameron 120 Gweneth Horn 125 Ian Horn


1038 David Boyd 1853 Stuart and Nicola Smith 1868 Anne Roberts 1907 Jacqueline Harries 214 Peter Jones 1568 Jonathan Brooke 150 Per-Ove Fasth 572 Michael Wintgens 1190 Alexandra Cameron 147 Angela Aprcovic 158 Ilija Aprcovic 134 Mrs Tessa Dalton-Morris 1175 Gillian Williamson 1238 Roy Covacic and Mrs Janet Covacic 1240 Colin Bowden, Deborah Bowden and Natalie Bowden 1248 Roy Vaughan 1025 Louise Binns 154 Neil Binns 1548 Vivien Salisbury 1239 Jillian McVean 674 Gregory Cheasman 1222 Wendy Gray 203 Neil Crick 1247 Stephen and Lorraine Green



Members present:





2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 873 Robert and Sara Dixon 887 John Cole 888 Margaret Cole


875 Sheila and Peter Ansell 876 Madeline Harris and Gerald Harris 877 Peter and Hazel Coles 879 Michael and Elizabeth Kearney 880 Michael and Sigrid Coventry 881 Kenneth and Julie Lue 882 Harold and Olive Ayres 883 Mark Eaton and Tina Crawford 889 James and Priscilla Adam 890 Graham Williamson 892 Jonathan and Karen Nicol 893 John and Nancy Stockwell 894 Denise and Neil Waterton 895 Caroline and Shaun Byford 898 Allan Victor Hewitt and Margaret Hewitt 891 Petition of the late Jack Goddard 1155 Oswald De Sybel 750 Dr James Conboy



Members present:





2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 1184, AP1: 12 Great Missenden Parish Council 945, AP1: 17 AP2:112 Little Missenden Parish Council 770 Great Missenden Village Association 768 Great Missenden Village Association c/o Mr Ernest Wickens 771 Great Missenden Stop HS2 764 Christopher and Gillian Green 769 Cllr Seb Berry 1162 Cllr Andrew Garnett


254 Fair Lilly 255 Alphabet Soup 256 The Jeweller's Bench 257 Elizabeth Wintgens Gallery 258 Big Sky 259 Oasis Health and Beauty 260 One Church Street Gallery 261 Chiltern Opticians 762 Cromar Carpets, Great Missenden 763 Great Missenden Parish Revitalisation Group c/o John Skrimshire 765 Jill Lacey-Smith 766 Coffee Approach, Great Missenden 767 Grant Thomson 1430 Petition of the late Shirley Judges 268 Abbeyfield Great Missenden & District Society Limited 1161 David Bazzard 353 Evan Bazzard 555 David and Veronica Chantler 1859 Roger Connor 357 Thomas Cuff 569, AP1: 16 Jeffrey Dominy 1851 Timothy Gibson 355, AP1: 19 Sarah Kirby-Ginns and Marcus Ginns 681 Christine Harris 1179 Joyce Hughes-Freeland 101 Robert Kimber and Robert Wetherall 213 Diana Loten 641 Denise Owen-Lane 358 Charles Padley 525, AP1: 15 Nicole Rochman 1854, AP1: 14 Sarah White 1915 Felicity Palmer 1004, AP1: 13 James Stacpoole 1829 Adrian Burt and Jacqueline Harris 1897 Penelope Nokes 1429 Stephanie Whitehead 354 Peter and Jean MacEwan 1503 Philippa Howells 1504 Samuel Howells



Members present:






2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 693 Russell Raynsford 1840 Susan Raynsford 1225 AP1: 18 David Mark Ladd 1246 Rodney & Jane Craig 27 & 28 Bernice & Roger Fuggle 1160 Marcus Thompson & Others 1211 Paul Froggatt and Amanda Smith 1663 Andrew and Julia Copping 1134 Hyde Heath Village Society (Derek Francis and Christine Allen) 1131 Andrew Cordiner 1857 Sian Duke 546 Steven Waterhouse 1227 Caroline Waterhouse 1661 Charlotte Dawes 1662 Christopher Dawes 1174 Robert Hare 1093 Rodney and Sandra Stevens 1906 Brian Hughes 1885 Stephen and Caroline Ross 1523 Caroline Capper 1887 Sarah Plevin 1891 Christopher Plevin 1232 Ian and Vanessa Culmer 524 Helen Newman 526 Adrian Griffiths 201 Susan Hoy 1878 Hyde End Residents Group 1188 Susan Brown 1085 Karen Kay 1855 Penny Semple 346 Geoffrey Aldridge 1083 Ian McIlgorm 1241 Edward Rutter 1242 Patricia Endacott


204 Sandra Telford 192 Mr and Mrs Wolfe 1189 David Brown 1877 Professor Terry Payne 653 Paul Fullagar



Members present:





2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 870 Chesham Town Council 694 The Chesham Society 696 Chris Honey 697 Maria Waite 698 Laura Collins 699 Richard Brock 739 Miriam Westendarp 749 Tony Molesworth 751 Andrea Polden 121 Ann Parker 748 John Naylor-Smith 1918 Jean Kuipers 1214 The Lappetts Lane (South Heath) Neighbourhood Watch Scheme 871 Amersham Town Council 1896 James Rodda




Members present:



Geoffrey Clifton-Brown


2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 206 Rosemary and Archibald McNair 54 Geoffrey Calvert 1711 Roger Harrison and Ruth Yeoman 550 Frank Auton 556 Heather Auton 1827 The HS2 Amersham Action Group 1816 The Amersham Society 740 Lynn Alexandre-Wilson 741 Christopher Wilson 695 Diana Caudery 1856 Stanley and Sheila Mason 745 A N and C P Hunt 746 Christopher and Evelyn Boyd 747 Phyllis Chapman 1327 Chiltern Liberal Democrats 1666 Peter and Miriam Richardson

[Adjourned till Monday 12 October 2015, 2.00pm.

Monday 12 October 2015

Members present:



Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Mr Mark Hendrick



2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: HS2 Action Alliance (presentation on noise) 520; AP1: 39; AP2:60 Buckinghamshire County Council 521 Aylesbury Vale District Council (heritage only) 416; AP2:140 Chiltern District Council (heritage only)

[Adjourned till Tuesday 13 October 2015, 9.30am.

Tuesday 13 October 2015

Members present:


Sir Peter Bottomley Geoffrey Clifton-Brown



2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 520; AP1: 39; AP2:60 Buckinghamshire County Council 521 Aylesbury Vale District Council (landscape only) 416; AP2:140 Chiltern District Council (landscape only) 415 The Chilterns Conservation Board (landscape only)

[Adjourned till Wednesday 14 October 2015, 9.30am.

Wednesday 14 October 2015

Members present:






2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 520; AP1: 39; AP2:60 Buckinghamshire County Council


15 October 2015

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Mr David Crausby, and Mr Mark Hendrick attended a presentation on noise at the ArupSound Laboratory in a representative capacity, in connection with the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill.


Members present:



Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Mr David Crausby


2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 521 Aylesbury Vale District Council 1444; AP2:137 Turweston Parish Council 1540 Westbury Parish Council 1221 Melissa Laing 1111 Charndon Parish Council 1804 Calvert Green Parish Council 1583 Philip Gaskin 1112 Lesley Taylor


1566 Jolyon Brown 1567 Andrew Eggleton 1578 Sandy D'Amon



Members present:





2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 165 Kurt and Barbara Kuen 1251 Simon and Claire Bernard 1237 Gawcott with Lenborough Parish Council 1646 Hillesden Parish Council 1586 Rt Hon John Bercow MP



Members present:





2. Petitions


The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 1613 Andrew Boniface 385 Susan Thornhill of the Watergate 386 Kenneth Cooper 387 Barbara Cooper 389 Tingewick Pottery at Chetwode Limited 392 Richard Edward Huntley Naylor 393 Charlie Clare 395 Poppy Clare 396 Jennifer Collins, Amanda Sweeting and Belinda Naylor 900 Neil and Lindsey Graham 1538 Chetwode Parochial Church Council 1539 Chetwode Parish Meeting 1807 Brian and Carole Wiltshire 1821 George Gulliver 1565; AP1/30 Twyford Parish Council 1562 Roger Landells 1341 Steeple Claydon Parish Council

[Adjourned till Thursday 22 October 2015, 9.30am.

Thursday 22 October 2015

Members present:





2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 608 Margaret Rand 384 Great Moor Sailing Club 380 Nigel French 379 Mr and Mrs Martin Whittam 1541 The Governors of Twyford C of E School in Twyford in the County of

Buckinghamshire




Members present:






2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 277 Ian Sansbury 1464 David and Patricia Lewis 279 Felicity and Anthony Sykes 1584 Glebe Farm Limited 1585 June Green 1716 Andrew Green 1717 Miranda Green 376 Susan Cooper-Evans 378 Gareth Eastman 381 Michael, Michele and Teresa Allen 1560 Twyford Parochial Church Council 383 Mr Alan and Mrs Margaret Flint 1669 Twyford Stop HS2 1064 James and Jennifer Jennings 1674: AP1: 29 Rae Sloan 592 AVM (R) George Black



Members present:







2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 1803 Twyford Cricket Club 1390 Philip and Christophine Goss 1787: AP2:160 The Claydon Estate AP2: 69 Sheila Cooper – locus objection hearing AP2: 171 Anthony Cotterill – locus objection hearing 1485 Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell Parish Council


Mr Robert Syms (Chair), Mr Henry Bellingham, Sir Peter Bottomley, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, and Mr David Crausby attended a presentation on noise at the ArupSound Laboratory in a representative capacity, in connection with the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill.


Members present:






2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 1328 Quainton Parish Council 1316 Waddesdon Parish Council 7 The Winwood Almshouses Trust 886, 885: AP1: 3 Christopher and David Prideaux 1008 Wendover Cricket Club 316: AP2:74 FCC Waste Services (UK) Limited

[Adjourned till Thursday 29 October 2015, 9.30am.


Thursday 29 October 2015

Members present:

Mr David Crausby, in the Chair





2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 705 David Vick 843 Jeremy Fenemore 884 Frank and Kevin Goss 1561 John Meehan AP1: 41 Tessa Meehan 1563: AP1: 37 Richard Brown 1132 CTC South Bucks

[Adjourned till Monday 2 November 2015, 2.00pm.

Monday 2 November 2015

Members present:






2. Petitions


The Committee heard from the following petitioners:

449 Wendover Chamber of Trade and Commerce 280 Thomas Walsh 450 Yvonne Bone Trading as Scruples 446 Fashion By Design Limited trading as Andrew Gardner 1759 Jennifer Bolt 57 George and Gillian Rivas 130 Howard Andernahr 565 Sowdown Ltd trading as Tobermory Consulting 560 Peter Martin 55 Anthony Harper 1502 Margaret, Scott, Hannah and Amelia Boyd 1793 David and Mary Stewart 89 Anthony Bobroff 1824 Denise Bolland

[Adjourned till Tuesday 3 November 2015, 9.30am.

Tuesday 3 November 2015

Members present:






2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners:

1582 Richard Birch and Others 76 Dr Carol Anne Blyth

1693 Christopher Brownhill and Others 48 Ian and Rosemary Chisholm 589 Susan Hetherington 590 Andrew Hetherington 18 Caroline Perkins 1708 Conor Gallagher 543 Michael Barden 163 Derek and Jane Pitts 664 Susan Barden


112 Jonathan Jones 264 Jacob Jones 265 Alexander Jones 266 Fiona Jones 108 Sarah O'Connor 111 Anthony O'Connor 45 Stuart Smith 1527 Robert Moreton 110 Geoffrey and Christine Channon 1698 The Lee Old Church Trust 337 Davies of Great Missenden 1888 The Grimms Dyke (Liberty) Estates Ltd 1514 Dr Phillipa Moreton 205 Ian and Priscilla Dodwell 639 David Kircheimer 129 Roger Ellis 1912 Karl Neilson

[Adjourned till Wednesday 4 November 2015, 9.30am.

Wednesday 4 November 2015

Members present:


Sir Peter Bottomley Mr Henry Bellingham

Mr Mark Hendrick




416: AP2: 140 Chiltern District Council (operational noise)

[Adjourned till Thursday 5 November 2015, 9.30am.

Thursday 5 November 2015

Members present:








1200 The Governing Body of the Little Kingshill Combined School 1343 David Riddell 252 Aylesbury Park Golf Club Limited 584 Kenneth and Mary Searle


Monday 9 November 2015 Mr Robert Syms (Chair), Sir Peter Bottomley, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Mr David Crausby, and Mr Mark Hendrick visited the Camden and surrounding area in representative capacity, in connection with the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill.


Members present:







470 The Board of Governors of Chiltern Way Federation School

Locus standi objections:


AP2: 068 William Birmingham AP2: 097 South Harefield Residents and Harefield Boaters AP2: 102 Harefield Tenants and Residents Association AP2: 179 Dr Caroline Robertson AP2: 053 Burton Green Parish Council and Burton Green Residents Association AP2: 167 Doctors Paul and Sandra Thornton AP2: 169 The Kenilworth Stop HS2 Action Group AP2: 170 Andrew and Jennifer Jones AP2: 177 Michael Edward and Deirdre Vernon AP2: 110 Kingsbury & District Stop HS2 Action Group AP2: 111 Kingsbury Parish Council



Members present:







50 Robert Lewis AP1: 3 Springfield Farming Ltd 1165 The Wood Lane Residents Association 43 Philip and Alison Doggett 285 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical

Parish of St Mary the Virgin 73 Wendover Choral Society 779 Wendover Music 607 The Wendover University of the Third Age (U3A) 903 William, Bridget and Ruth Avery


595 Patrick Fell and Julia Fish 46 Sheila Rankin 599 Mr A E Mogford 423 Wycombe District Council 390 Wolf-Rudiger Feiler 375 Linda Ward 1819 Christine Holland 394 Linda Aspey 1820 Emma and Lewis Johnson 1442: AP1: 23: AP2: 134 Aylesbury Town Council 1484 Coldharbour Parish Council



Members present:






2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 1233 John Henderson 581 Jonathan and Suzanne King 102 Ronald Drackford 77 John Henry and Victoria Walker 465 Arezo Jounus 1089 The Lionel Abel-Smith Trust


1223 The Dunsmore Village Hall Association 71 Peter Harris 72 Catharine Harris 615 Vanessa Havard 1266 The Ernest Cook Trust 1005 The Lord Carrington's 1963 Settlement (1 & 2 Funds) 42 Antony Pearce 1443: AP1: 25: AP2:136 Stoke Mandeville Parish Council 1445: AP1: 24 Stoke Mandeville Action Group 1488 Michael, Julia, Paul and Ruth Gaisford 1446 John Robert Jakobi of Stoke House 1489 Petition of the late Vincent Nolan and Sheelagh Nolan 1490 David Starr 281 The Tenants of Layby Farm Business Park 1374 Amania Clark [2.00pm] 304 John Vince [Para 50 of petition only] [2.00pm] AP1: 8 John and Christine Cooper



Members present:






1. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 1811 Thomas Crane AP2: 59 Chipping Warden and Edgcote Parish




Members present:






2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: AP2: 019 Mark Longmore - locus objection hearing 650 Polly Buston 872 Chalfont St Peter Parish Council 1904 Anne Lines 1881 Susan Woodcock 1844 Robert and Anne Walther 1863 Chalfont St Giles Parish Council 1890 Catherine and Peter Scognamillo 549 Nigel and Valerie Hamilton 1899 Jane Penson 1823 Allen and Penelope Salter 1874 Kirk Jones 1294: AP1: 27 The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust 1285 Chiltern Ridges HS2 Action Group (CRAG)



Members present:


Henry Bellingham Sir Peter Bottomley





2. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners: 1809 The Residents Environmental Protection Association (REPA) 267 AP1:2 The Chiltern Brewery 323: AP2:47 Richard and Oliver Stewart-Liberty and Tatiana Wilde 1151 Elizabeth Stewart-Liberty 1152: AP1: 31 Great and Little Kimble Cum Marsh Parish Council 1149 Marsh Hill Farm Limited 1150: AP1: 32 D Williams 1153 Monica Bonham and Bridget Gill 320 Trevor Lane of Lane's Landscape Contractors 570 Richard Stewart-Liberty 1157 Paul Pusey 1166 John Cragg, Roger Pusey and Edward Briggs 183 : AP2 46 The Bertylib Partnership 1090: AP2:90 Robert Brown 1308 Frederic von Oppenheim, Baroness Marie-Rose von Oppenheim and

Kimberley Limited



Members present:


Sir Peter Bottomley Mr Henry Bellingham Geoffrey Clifton-Brown






53 Gilbert and Sally Nockles 1916 The Potter Row Neighbourhood Watch Scheme 200 Neil Ames and Miss Margaret Lorimer 452 Margaretha Griffiths 453 Malcolm Griffiths 83 Wendover HS2 Action Group 1263 Ross Jordan 1013 Rt Hon David Lidington MP 316 FCC Waste Services (UK) Limited (update)



Members present:







Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP 295 Friends Life Ltd and Axa Real Estate Investment Managers Ltd 1173 Geoffrey Brunt 1391 Margaret Cotton 1607 Nicholas and Victoria Bartman 1543 1544 Andrew Douglas-Bate and Mary Douglas-Bate 1835 Barn Management UK (2) Limited - Cudsdens Court 1570 Cycling Touring Club




Members present:


Henry Bellingham Sir Peter Bottomley Geoffrey Clifton-Brown





1837 / AP3:80 The Camden Civic Society 1686 / AP3:53 The HS2 Euston Action Group 1794 / AP3:84 Sam Price AP3:61 Euston Design

[Adjourned till Tuesday 1 December 2015, 9.30am.

Tuesday 1 December 2015

Members present:



Geoffrey Clifton-Brown




184: AP2:142: AP3:72 London Borough of Camden AP3: 78 Craig Douglas

[Adjourned till Wednesday 2 December 2015, 9.30am.


Wednesday 2 December 2015

Members present:







AP3: 11, 12 South Northants Action Group (locus objection) 834, AP3: 8 Park Village East Heritage Group and The Park Village and Environs

Residents Association 835 Elizabeth Birch AP3: 21 Elizabeth Birch, Anthony Ellis and Blanche Ellis 1344, AP3: 109 Guy and Claire Burkill 951 AP3: 100 Helen Bryan 953, AP3: 101 Roger Low 1088, AP3: 22 Michael Curry and Christy Rogers AP3: 20 Guernsey Global Trust Ltd, Rothschild Trust Guernsey Ltd and Lucy

Doughty 1777, AP3: 67 Richard and Phebe Robinow 308, AP3: 10 Linda Pilkington AP3: 134 David Goldstein AP3: 111 Aled Smith AP3: 137 HRH Princess Marie Esmeralda of Belgium and Sir Salvador Moncada 460 Stanley and Jennifer Johnson 974, AP3: 1 Nicholas and Eveline Carn 909, AP3: 9 Marian and Ivor Kamlish 914 The Cumberland Basin Horticultural Society

[Adjourned till Thursday 3 December 2015, 9.30am.

Thursday 3 December 2015

Members present:








AP3: 5 Sir Cameron Mackintosh 1837 / AP3:80 The Camden Civic Society

[Adjourned till Monday 7 December 2015, 2.00pm.

Monday 7 December 2015

Members present:







AP2:163: AP2:164: AP3:83 Transport for London and Greater London Authority 904 The London Transport Users Committee (Known as

London Travel Watch) 184 London Borough of Camden – local authority generic

case on construction noise




Members present:







1686 / AP3:53 The HS2 Euston Action Group 408: AP3: 88 Pan Camden HS2 Alliance 858 AP3: 91 Camden Cutting Group AP3: 135 Daniel Marcus 1802: AP3: 45 Camden Association of Street Properties AP3: 48 Camden Town District Management Committee 907, 952 Frances Heron AP3 131 John Myers and Daniel Bartlett AP3: 140 Regent Park Estate Residents 943 Brian Battershill 970, AP3: 103 Ursula Brown AP3: 114 Martyn Swain 1800, AP3: 79 Hero Granger-Taylor AP3: 132 Steven Christofi 857 Maria Martinez



Members present:



Geoffrey Cliffton-Brown Mr Mark Hendrick



2. Petitions



316 FCC Waste Services (UK) ltd (reappearance) AP3: 136 Hillary Bauer and others AP3: 57 Geoffrey Titley and Agnes Thomson AP3: 52 David Horbury and others 1689 Geoffrey Titley and others 1690 AP3: 58 Alan Chandler and others 1171 AP3: 16 Albert Street North Residents' Association AP3:17 Simon Foster AP3: 77 Mark and Ellie Jenkins and family AP3: 142 Karl Allen 844, AP3: 90 Sir Tim and Lady Patricia Lankester 220 Desa Philippi 940, AP3: 86 Angela Andersen and Elspeth Harrison 939, AP3: 96 Peter Cundall AP3: 120 John and Susan Neve AP3: 121 Jeremy Bradshaw AP3: 141 Nicholas Ayre AP3: 44 William Butler 908, AP3: 94 Timothy and Belinda Bruce-Dick 944, AP3: 98 Edward and Mary Burd 1312, AP3: 106 Alex Benasuli and Justin Dennis 66 Stephen and Susan Plowden AP3: 129 Margaret Richardson and others 633, AP3: 6 The Delancey Street Residents' Association AP3: 23 Russell Grant and Nadine Hobson 634 AP3: 7 Philip Sharkey and Catherine Colley 933 Angela Andersen AP3: 138 Victor Correia 1688 AP3: 4 Richard Booth and Sandra Nicholls 864 AP3: 93 Jackson Toms-Limb and Louise Tibbitts 1760 Dilhan Sebastian and Emily Veitch 1761 AP3: 81 Jane Hirst Miller 1267 AP3: 26 Matthew Hollier and Susan Matheson 215 AP3: 89 John and Amanda Malpass 911 Fiona McGuire and Jonathan Duncan AP3: 116 Andrew and Rachel Coles 860 AP3: 123 Lucy Britton and Stephen Martin 912 John and Rosemary Parry 1776 AP3: 70 Joanne Claire Lazenby 1647 John Green 1652 AP3: 38 David Auger AP3: 85 Coral Bower 1687 Residents of Silsoe House AP3: 55 Margaret Percy and others


[Adjourned till Thursday 10 December 2015, 9.30am.


Members present:



Geoffrey Cliffton-Brown Mr Mark Hendrick




468 The Parish of Old St Pancras 1843, AP3: 110 St Pancras Parish Church Parochial Church Council AP3: 37 Camden People's Theatre AP3: 49 Ampthill Square Tenants and Residents Association 1342 Pete Astor 918 Jacqueline Haggett 921 Marie O'Shea and others 915 David and Nicola Lincoln 917 Linda Eager AP3: 126 Paul Tomlinson AP3: 82 Agueda Furtado 840 David and Barbara Turner 954 AP3: 102 John James and Louise Fletcher

[Adjourned till Monday 14 December 2015, 1.00pm.

Monday 14 December 2015

Members present:







2. Locus challenges

The Committee heard from the following petitioners: AP4/0278 South Heath Action Group AP4/065 Lappetts Lane (South Heath) Neighbourhood Watch Scheme AP4/044 Colin Spence AP4/055 Fiona Baker trading as Nutty Birds AP4/057 Frances Cutler Soft Furnishings AP4/059 Jonathan Cutler AP4/063 Derek Arnott AP4/064 Thomas and Margaret Johnstone AP4/066 Michael and Jane Allen AP4/068 John and Fiona Fausset-Baker AP4/069 Derek Pitts AP4/072 Mr R and Mrs M Gordon AP4/073 Dr Simon Hook and Mrs Judith Hook AP4/078 Neil Ames and Margaret Lorimer AP4/084 Anthony and Christine Griffiths AP4/0108 Derek Jones AP4/0113 Michael and Susan Barden AP4/0122 Clive Nicholls AP4/0124 Mr Rohit & Mrs Mannan AP4/0127 Sowdon Limited trading as TobermoryConsulting AP4/0134 Paul Burke AP4/0144 Josephine Beckford AP4/0145 Marcus Beckford AP4/0146 Fred Harrison AP4/0256 Charles Walker AP4/081 Vivien Salisbury AP4/0270 Robin and Karen Hopkinson 3. Petitions The Committee heard from the following petitioners:

AP3: 74 Origin Housing 936 The Drummond Street Tenants and Residents Association 544, AP3: 63 Grinsaem Corporation Limited 262, AP3: 54 Mohammed Salique & Others 370 Abdul Rattansi 866, AP3: 50 Jo Hurfordal 463, 464 Charles William


AP3: 139 Timestart Ltd trading as Globe Motors, Mr Ashraf, Shohab and Mosharaf Hussain

AP3: 133 The Stephenson Way Community Group 60, AP3: 15 The Magic Circle, the Magic Circle Trustee Ltd and the Centre for the

Magic Arts Ltd 47, AP3: 19 Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1001, AP3: 104 The Royal College of General Practioners 6 AP3: 87 The Royal College of Ophthalmologists AP3: 31 Methodist International Centre Limited (Trading as 'The Wesley') 1510, AP3: 41 The Wellcome Trust Limited 1509 (Quakers) and Friends House (London) Hospitality Limited 805 Frank Dobson 732 AP3: 3 Andrew Hartley Dismore AM 861, AP3: 92 The Camden Cycling Campaign 931 Simon and Diane Pearson 977 The Castlehaven Community Association 317 Camden Lock Market Limited 1683 Peter Lyons on behalf of the Harmood Street, Clarence Way and

Hartland Road Residents Association 3 Geoffrey Stevens 1044 The Jeffreys Street Association 324, AP3: 14 Camden Town Centre Limited 1323 Kathryn Gemmell on behalf of North Camden Town Neighbourhood

Forum 1349, AP3: 62 Primavera Boman-Behram AP3: 13 The Conlon Family and The Dublin Castle Public House 467 Henry Conlon, John Conlon, Margaret Conlon T/A The Dublin Castle 1764 Margaret and John Conlon 1261, AP3: 27 Simon Lewis 1262, AP3: 28 Regents Park Terrace Residents Association Ltd



Members present:






2. Petitions



1057 AP3: 105 Netley Primary School Governing Body AP3: 107 The Gloucester Avenue Association AP3: 51 Dr Catherine Oliver 1412, 1413, 1414 Martin and Lucy Sheppard 1405 The English Folk Dance and Song Society 1645 John and Jacqueline Beard 1322, AP3: 108 The Darwin Court Residents' and Leaseholders' Association 1094, AP3: 25 Mr and Mrs R Emerson 937 Katherine Sykes, Douglas House, Romain Rachidi and George Hoffman-

Howard AP3: 59 Katherine Sykes 1650 Golamead Limited 1299, AP3: 60 Jeffrey Travers 1790 AP3: 29 Silvia Ranawake AP3: 2 Simon Neave AP3: 73 Jonathan Digby and Susanne Kaiser 1406 Alison Kemp 1407 Martyn Ware 1410 Landsley Ware 1416 Martin Nelson 1775 Alice and Ilse Gray Sir Keir Starmer MP 1338 Kenneth and Margaret Fulford 1234, 1235 John and Rosemary Emanuel 459 AP3: 33 Anthony Hallgarten, Theresa Hallgarten and North West One

Management Ltd 1073 Adrian and Susan Richardson 482 Charalambos and Androulla Loizou 1841 Corin Campbell-Hill 1660 Charles Thomas & Others 508 Christine Spencer 1656 Elizabeth Heavenstone, Carol and Paul Seed 1339 Paul Watkins 1671 David and Gail Goodman AP3: 46 Gervais Williams and Miranda Glossop AP3: 130 Patricia Callaghan and others AP3: 143 Friends of Regent's Park and Primrose Hill 1291 David Roberts and others



Members present:





1. High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill

Draft Report (High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill: First Special Report of Session 2015–16), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was agreed to; the formal minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the First Special Report of the Committee, HC 698.



3. Petitions


1588 Marina Arnold 87 Caroline Schuck and Jeremy Lewison 935 Michele Hannoosh and Richard Janko 1253 The Adelaide Nature Reserve Association 946 The Belsize Residents Association 327 Anthony Kay 938 Ellin Stein 774 Dinerman Court Limited 839 Cllr Maryam Eslamdoust and Cllr Thomas Gardiner 942 Katharine Bligh AP3: 65 Zoological Society of London 1511 AP3: 40 University College London

[Adjourned till Thursday 17 December 2015, 9.30am


Members present:



Mr Mark Hendrick




2. Petitions


AP3: 24 Licensed Taxi Drivers Association 241, AP3: 18 Park Village Limited

[Adjourned till Tuesday 5 January 2016, 2.00pm.

Tuesday 5 January 2016

Members present:



Mr David Crausby



2. Locus challenges


AP4/00214 Kenilworth Stop HS2 Action Group AP4/00034 The Chiltern Society AP4/00035 John Gladwin, Heather Wallace and Robert Jones AP4/00050 Chesham Town Council AP4/00139 The Chesham Society AP4/00114 The Lee Parish Council AP4/00046 Chiltern Ridges HS2 Action Group AP4/00032 Timothy Hart AP4/00041 Christine Kalveks AP4/00042 John Kalveks AP4/00031 Judith Hart AP4/00043 David and Diana Jones AP4/00074 Jonathan Maxwell Batten AP4/00135 Judith Syer AP4/00149 Rosemary Jeanette Batten AP4/00096 Mark Julian McCree AP4/00133 Graham Fowler and Ruth Fowler AP4/00138 Patricia D Chinnery AP4/00141 Iain Scotter and Patricia Scotter AP4/00067 Colin Sully and Rita Sully AP4/00088 Christopher Syer AP4/00089 Richard Chinnery


AP4/00092 Philip Ogley AP4/00148 Bryan Hart AP4/00085 Philippa Jane Hart AP4/00111 Michael D Cottam AP4/00129 Gerald and Dorothy Tomkins AP4/00143 George Knowles AP4/00086 Barnaby H D Usborne AP4/00091 Tracey Knowles AP4/00071 Paul Knowles AP4/00142 Freya Knowles AP4/00036 Malcolm Hafner AP4/00087 Anthony Jepson AP4/00183 Roderick Neal AP4/00230 Gerard Hallows AP4/00119 Simon Denison-Smith AP4/00040 Allan Forbes Whittow AP4/00058 Martin Baxter AP4/00117 Caroline Bonham and Stephen Jones AP4/00131 Reina Free AP4/00090 Helen Rosemary Jones AP4/00130 Johanna Free AP4/00120 Pamela Mary Garner AP4/00097 The Dunsmore Society AP4/00247 Ballinger Road Residents Association AP4/00118 Helen Rook AP4/00140 Mr John Cameron AP4/00103 Christopher Glyn-Jones AP4/00217 Stoneleigh and Ashow Joint Parish Council AP4/00257 Ian Cuthbertson AP4/00191 Hampton-in-Arden HS2 Action Group AP4/00026 John and Susan Temperley AP4/00216 The Stoneleigh Action Group AP4/00210 Philip Taylor and others

[Adjourned till Wednesday 6 January 2016, 9.30am.

Wednesday 6 January 2016

Members present:


Sir Peter Bottomley Sir Henry Bellingham





2. Locus challenges


AP4/00244 Little Missenden Parish Council AP4/00012 Elmtree Green Residents Association AP4/00156 David and Carolyn Thompson AP4/00159 Lyndon H Mallet AP4/00168 Janet Steel AP4/00005 Alphabet Soup, Great Missenden AP4/00006 Cromar Carpets, AP4/00008 Great Missenden Traders Group, Great Missenden AP4/00017 Big Sky AP4/00018 Oasis Health & Beauty AP4/00020 Elizabeth Wintgens Gallery AP4/00165 Laurie's Corner AP4/00166 Jeweller's Bench AP4/00171 One Church St Gallery AP4/00176 Carina Haslam Fine Art AP4/00003 Cllr Seb Berry AP4/00014 Dr Marilyn Fletcher AP4/00022 Great Missenden Village Association AP4/00158 Abberyfield Great Missenden & District Society AP4/00174 The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre AP4/00021 Ernest Wickens AP4/00173 Gerry Lowe AP4/00013 Great Missenden Stop HS2 AP4/00016 Catherine James AP4/00019 Paul Francis AP4/00023 Margaret Catherine Brown AP4/00157 Christine Cooper AP4/00161 Frances Tipper AP4/00164 Keith Fowler AP4/00170 Sue & Tony Bottomley AP4/00004 John Skrimshire Great Missenden Parish Revitalisation Group AP4/00015 Chiltern Opticians, Great Missenden AP4/00179 Michael Wintgens AP4/00162 Roderick Passant AP4/00222 Susan Rogers AP4/00049 Grimms Dyke Liberty Estates Ltd AP4/00155 Mr and Mrs Denson AP4/00192 David Ambrose AP4/00010 Rodney Craig AP4/00048 Peter Martin AP4/00233 David Alan Vick

[Adjourned till Thursday 7 January 2016, 9.30am


Thursday 7 January 2016

Members present:






2. Petitions


Dr Rupa Huq MP 836 902 AP2: 21 Wells House Road Residents Association 1658 Mobin Zolfgaharinia 901 Amanda Jesson AP2: 130 Mr Patel 837 AP2: 48 Lynette Hollender AP2: 76 John and Mrs C McEnaney AP2: 162 Caroline Sauzier AP2: 117 Nathan and Patrick Quinn AP2: 64 The Island Triangle Residents Association 1670 AP2: 103 Dariusz Dzwigaj 538 AP2: 165 The Council of the London Borough of Ealing 1329 Kevin and Michael Moran

[Adjourned till Monday 11 January 2016, 2.00pm

Monday 11 January 2016

Members present:

Robert Syms, in the Chair





2. Petitions


AP2: 132 Andy Slaughter MP


303 Thornton UK LLP and Grant Thornton International Limited AP2: 144; AP4: 265 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council AP2: 114 Maurice Walsh and others 1420 AP2: 75 East Acton Golf Links Residents Association AP4: 24 The Friends of Wormwood Scrubs Park Association 402 Double 4 Limited 1419 Simon Ashcroft 462 QPR Holdings Ltd, Stadium Capital Holdings Ltd and Genesis Housing

Association AP2: 176 Alan and Patricia Deeley

[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 January 2016, 9.30am.

Mr Robert Syms (Chair), Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Mr David Crausby, and Mr Mark Hendrick visited the Heathrow express depot site in Slough in a representative capacity, in connection with the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill.


Members present:


Sir Peter Bottomley Sir Henry Bellingham Geoffrey Clifton-Brown




2. Locus challenges


AP4/00082 Anthony John Harper AP4/00242 James Darling

3. Petitions


AP2: 149 Maple Fine Foods Limited 785 AP2: 6 Kings Bromley Stop HS2 Action Group 1724 AP2: 101 Kings Bromley Parish Council AP2: 4 Doreen Round AP2: 5 John Allan and Marion Sadler


AP2: 138 I.M. Properties Developments Ltd AP2: 10 John, Margaret and Richard Spencer and Antony Greaves 232 John Greaves & Others AP2: 16 Shenstone and District Car Club Ltd AP2: 17 Geoffrey, Josie, Valerie and Wendy Hollinshead and Kay Wrighton AP2: 1 Edward, Bryan and Myra McMahon 88 AP2: 2 Richard Dyott 1367 Philip Moore 217, AP3:68 Euston Estate (GP) Limited, Euston Estate (No.1) Limited, Stanright

Limited, Balfe Limited, Michael Gross, Euston Regeneration Partnership Limited

458 Accor UK Economy Hotels Limited and Accor UK Business & Leisure Hotels Limited



Members present:


Sir Peter Bottomley Sir Henry Bellingham




2. Petitions


AP2: 158 The Trustees of the Wingfield Digby Settled Estate Trust (part of the Coleshill Estate)

AP2: 155 NEC Group AP4: 160 Abbeyland Properties Limited

[Adjourned till Monday 18 January 2016, 2.00pm.


Members present:



Sir Henry Bellingham Sir Peter Bottomley




2. Petitions


AP2: 161 AP4: 258 Rt Hon Jeremy Wright QC MP AP4: 240 Water Orton Parish Council and Water Orton HS2 Action

Group AP2: 107 AP4: 239 Lea Marston Parish Council AP2: 108 Middleton HS2 Action Group AP2: 109 Middleton Parish Council AP2: 104, AP4 238 Craig Tracey MP AP2: 123 Nicholas and Timothy Dowdeswell AP2: 70 Patrick Dillon AP2: 148, AP4 227 Warwickshire County Council AP2 146, AP4 261 North Warwickshire Borough Council AP4: 228 Warwick District Council AP2: 141, AP4: 229 Coventry City Council AP2: 166 Wardington Parish Council 501 IM Group AP2: 110 Kingsbury and District Stop HS2 Action Group AP2: 111 Kingsbury Parish Council AP2: 55 Alan and Linda Cox AP2: 175 Burton Green Village Hall Committee AP2: 181 Duncan and Fiona Rothwell AP2: 3 The Allens Orchard Action Group AP2: 22 Alexander and Natasha Douglas AP2: 89 AP4 188 Balsall Parish Council AP2: 81 AP4: 189 Berkswell Parish Council AP2: 77 AP4:186 Richard Lloyd AP2: 78 AP4: 187 The Heart of England High Speed Railway Action Group AP2: 79 The Solihull Tree Warden Group AP2: 80 Ivan Parry



Members present:







2. Petitions


AP4: 226 Henage Finch-Knightley (Lord Guernsey) 185, AP2: 62, AP4: 268 Margaret Jones and others 604 Mixbury Parish Meeting 1559 Simon John Morris AP4: 95 Simon and Rosamond Morris 1557 Rosamond Morris 528 AP4: 153 Nicki Hawkins 548 AP4: 94 Nicki Hawkins Director of Missenden Pet Care 1559 AP4: 95 Simon John Morris 1589 AP4: 39 Barbara Dennis 1707 AP4: 128 Donald Dennis AP4: 246 Potter Row Neighbourhood Watch Scheme 530 AP4: 115 Beverley Manton 1078 AP4: 185 Philip Robertson 141 Wendy Robertson 531 Leslie and Elizabeth Tunnicliffe 513 John and Sally Martin 545 Michael and Olga Dichlian 210 AP4: 38 Ian Campbell 1705 Petition of Sir Tony Baldry (Victoria Prentis MP) AP4: 245 Residents' Environmental Protection Association (REPA) AP4: 51 Sibleys Rise Residents' Group 1923 AP4: 52 Hilary Wharf 1814 AP4: 53 Miranda Wharf Weston 1922 AP4: 54 Bruce Weston 1924 Sheila Wharf 132 Wharf Weston 348 Paramount Party Experience Limited 532 AP4: 112 Roderick Holburn 1695 AP4: 248 Roger Turner 1201 AP4: 116 Dr Catherine Elphinstone AP4: 181 Alistair McVean AP4: 100 Gillian Williamson AP4: 70 Neil Binns AP4: 79 Louise Binns AP4: 102 Roy and Anne Vaughan AP4: 123 Colin and Deborah Bowden


AP4: 105 Sarah O'Connor AP4: 126 Anthony O'Connor



Members present:






2. Petitions


164 Patricia and Timothy Taylor AP4: 196 Mr Brian Adams and others AP4: 204 John and Mary Cockerell AP4: 80 Great Missenden Parish Council AP4: 177 Governors of Great Missenden Church of England Combined School 58 AP4: 61 Mr and Mrs Michael Raffety 59 Rafine Ltd (Trading as Turville Valley Wines) AP2: 56 Adept Roofing and Scaffolding AP4: 180 Robert Lewis, Springfield Farming Ltd AP4: 232 Christopher and David Prideaux AP4: 231 Calvert Green Parish Council and Charendon Parish Council 296 Otter & Co AP4: 234 Twyford Parish Council AP4: 269 Aylesbury Vale District Council AP4: 262 Buckinghamshire County Council AP4: 263 Chiltern District Council 415 AP4: 266 Chilterns Conservation Board 1054 Dr Niall Gordon Ramsden and Mrs Rona Mary Ramsden AP4: 11 Chalfont St Giles Parish Council 517 Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Limited

[Adjourned till Thursday 21 January 2016, 10.15am.



Members present:


Sir Henry Bellingham Sir Peter Bottomley Geoffrey Clifton-Brown




2. Petitions


AP2: 65 The Boatyard Residents AP2: 152 AP4: 274 Slough Borough Council AP4: 9 AP2: 96 Iver Parish Council AP2: 94 AP4: 249 Iver Community Group AP2: 91 AP4: 29 Iver Heath Residents' Association AP2: 92 AP4: 184 Bangors Road South Residents Group AP2: 93 Richings Park Residents' Association

[Adjourned till Monday 25 January 2016, 2.00pm.


Members present:






2. Petitions


AP2: 100 Anthony Massingham


AP4: 267 Lord Richard Wellesley, Lady Joanna Wellesley and Mrs Natasha Halliday (statement by Counsel)

AP2: 133 The Friends of Slough Canal AP2: 180 Michael Collis AP2: 98 Residents of Langley and Slough and the Rt Hon Fiona Mactaggart MP AP2: 95 The Colne Valley Park Community Interest Company AP4: 273 Brett Aggregates Limited 422 The West London Waste Authority AP2: 143 London Borough of Hillingdon

Mr Nick Hurd MP AP4: 264 AP2:102 Harefield Tenants and Residents Association AP4: 221 Martin and Jennifer Grundon AP4: 223 Fred and Jean Dawson AP4: 212 (i) The Association of the Residents of the Drive (Harefield Place) (ii) The

Drive ( North End) Residents Association (Harefield Place) (iii) Manor Grove Homes Ltd (owners of Harefield Place House) (iv) Hole 19 Ltd (proprietors and operators of Uxbridge Golf Course) (v) Harefield Place Golf Club.

AP4: 195 Ickenham Residents Association AP4: 209 Brian Cable AP4: 241 The London Wildlife Trust 367 Denham Waterski Club



Members present:






2. Petitions


AP4: 25 Gilbert and Sally Nockles 38 AP4: 125 Rosemary Wigzell AP4: 218 River Island Clothing Co. Limited AP4: 219 Westmark Investment Properties Limited AP4: 220 BC Chelsea Limited AP4: 136 Roger Longdin AP4: 252 Peter Firmin


AP4: 253 The Parents/Guardians at St Mary's Catholic Primary School AP4: 255 Bridget Cleary AP4: 251 Residents in Albert Rd, Chichester Rd and Canterbury Rd 64 Queen's Park Area Residents' Association 1772 Maxine Quintyne & others AP4: 254 Tulip Siddiq MP 1013 Rt Hon David Lidington MP

Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP AP2: 151 BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company Limited and BNP

Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Limited AP2: 118 Fletchers Bakeries Ltd (trading as Grain D'OR) AP2: 113 Ever Fortune Ltd AP2: 153 Thorney Lane LLP



Members present:






2. Petitions


AP2: 23 AP4: 27 AP2: 36 AP4 28 Hampton-in-Arden Parish Council AP2: 83 The George Fentham Hampton-in-Arden Charity AP2: 42 Elizabeth and Graham Juniper AP2: 20 Taroni Metals AP2: 24 Alun and Diana Thomas AP2: 25 David and Susan Halsey AP2: 26 Stephen, Joshua, Jacob and Harriet Morris AP2: 27 Trevor and Barbara Law AP2: 28 Ms T Sandhu AP2: 29 Pele, Aimee and Sophie Binning AP2: 30 David and Jane Clavey AP2: 31 David and Carol Betts AP2: 32 Sarah and Jans Hussain AP2: 33 Professor Chris Kennedy and Professor Judith Kennedy


AP2: 34 Richard and Paula Brew AP2: 35 Jane and Emily Hodge AP2: 38 Dr Will Curtis, Mrs Satu Curtis, Master Thomas Curtis and Miss

Annie Curtis AP2: 39 John and Susan Timperley AP2: 40 Edward David and Bernice Griffiths AP2: 41 Bradley Morgan Williams AP2: 43 Moria C Kyles AP2: 82 Carole and Alexander Orford AP2: 84 David Tomkins and Emma, Kajsa, Felix and Meja Busby Tomkins AP2: 85 Kay Luther-Jones AP2: 86 Marshall Blair AP2: 87 Leighton Brookes AP2: 88 Kenneth and Valerie Searle

[Adjourned till Thursday 28 January 2016, 9.30am.


Members present:






2. Petitions


107 AP1: 10 AP4: 30 Rt Hon Cheryl Gillan MP 401 AP2: 154 AP4: 275 DB Schenker Rail (UK) Limited and others 405 Management Consortium Bid Limited, Freightliner Limited and others

[Adjourned till Monday 1 February 2016, 2.00pm.

Monday 1 February 2016

Members present:







2. Petitions


1686 HS2 Action Group AP4: 172 Residents of London Road, Wendover 1591 HS2 Action Alliance Limited AP2: 15 Paul and Wendy Paintain 221 AP2: 9 New Farm Produce Limited AP2: 11 Andrew and Tamsin Shaw 226 AP2: 7 Lichfield Cruising Club (2000) Ltd 234 David Wright

[Adjourned till Tuesday 2 February 2016, 9.30am.

Tuesday 2 February 2016

Members present:






2. Petitions


1351 The Campaign to Protect Rural England 1617 National Farmers’ Union (update) AP4 191 Hampton-in-Arden Action Group AP4 26 John and Susan Timperley AP5 7 Wendover HS2– locus objection AP5 10 Andrew Band – locus objection AP5 1 Wendover Society Rt Hon John Bercow MP AP5 20 Aylesbury Vale District Council


AP5 2 The Lionel Abel-Smith Trust AP5 6 The Parochial Church Council of St Mary’s Church, Wendover AP5 8 Wendover Parish Council and Halton Parish Council 217 and AP3:68 Euston Estates Ltd

[Adjourned till Wednesday 3 February 2016, 9.30am.

Wednesday 3 February 2016

Members present:






2. Petitions


410 Silklink (Grimstock Country Hotel) AP4: 178 Robert Brown AP4: 175 Bertylib LLP AP4: 235 Heref Distribution Limited 58 AP4: 61 Mr and Mrs Michael Raffety 1508 AP2:66 AP4:182 The Woodland Trust 520 Buckinghamshire County Council AP2: 122 Warwickshire Wildlife Trust AP4: 2 The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust

[Adjourned till Thursday 4 February 2016, 9.30am.

Thursday 4 February 2016


Members present:






2. Petitions


Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP 295 Friends Life Ltd and Axa Real Estate Investment Managers Ltd AP4: 218 River Island Clothing Co. Limited 1786 AP2: 159 AP3: 66 Canal and River Trust 574 AP2: 18 The Inland Waterways Association 1611 Stop HS2 1138 Baroness Lydia Ann Von Maltzahn and Mr Joseph Maltzahn

[Adjourned till Monday 22 February 2016, 5.00pm.

Monday 22 February

Members present:




1. High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill

Draft Report (High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill Select Committee: Second Special Report), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.

Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.

Paragraphs 1 to 406 read and agreed to.


Annexes agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Second Special Report of the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.

With the consent of the Committee members, paragraph 84 (Wormleighton and Priors Hardwick) was moved in the final published version to become paragraph 77, with consequential renumbering of intervening paragraphs

[The Committee adjourned.

APPENDIX

DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS

As at 12 October 2015: declaration of Members’ interests Syms, Robert (Poole) 7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital Marden Holdings Ltd - family business with interests in property. 9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses I employ my wife Fiona Syms as a part time Senior Parliamentary Assistant.

Bellingham, Henry (North West Norfolk) 1. Employment and earnings Non-executive director of Developing Markets Associates Ltd, 150 Tooley Street, London SE1 2TU, a global consultancy and investment conference organiser. (Registered 17 May 2013) Received £2,500 gross. Hours: 2 hrs carrying out duties as a Non-Executive Director; plus 2 hrs chairing sessions at DMA’s inward investment conferences. (Registered 30 October 2014) Non-Executive Chairman of Pontus Marine Limited, 33 St. James's Square, London SW1Y 4JS, a UK based company with commercial fishing interests in the Gulf of Aden and the Middle East. For carrying out duties as Non-Executive Chairman and giving advice on strategy and corporate governance, I receive £1,955 per month until further notice. Hours: 2-4 hrs per month. (Registered 12 June 2013; updated 17 July 2015) Received £1,955 gross (£1,408 net) for carrying out duties as Non-Executive Chairman and giving advice on strategy and corporate governance. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 30 October 2014)


Received £1,955 gross (£1,408 net) for carrying out duties as Non-Executive Chairman and giving advice on strategy and corporate governance. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 02 December 2014) Received £1,955 gross (£1,019 net) for carrying out duties as Non-Executive Chairman and giving advice on strategy and corporate governance. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 09 July 2015) Non-executive Chairman of Pathfinder Minerals PLC, Becket House, 36 Old Jewry, London EC2R 8DD, an AIM listed mining company. For carrying out duties as Non-Executive Chairman and giving advice on strategy and corporate governance, I receive £4,000 per month until further notice. Hours: 4-7 hrs per month. (Registered 17 February 2014; updated 17 July 2015) Received £4,000 gross (£2,850 net) for carrying out duties as Non-Executive Chairman and giving advice on strategy and corporate governance. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 30 October 2014) Received £4,000 gross (£2,850 net) for carrying out duties as Non-Executive Chairman and giving advice on strategy and corporate governance. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 02 December 2014) Received £4,000 gross (£2,850 net) for carrying out duties as Non-Executive Chairman and giving advice on strategy and corporate governance. Hours: 7 hrs. (Registered 07 January 2015) Received £4,000 gross (£2,850 net) for carrying out duties as Non-Executive Chairman and giving advice on strategy and corporate governance. Hours: 7 hrs. (Registered 03 February 2015) Received £4,000 gross (£2,850 net) for carrying out duties as Non-Executive Chairman and giving advice on strategy and corporate governance. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 04 March 2015)


Received £4,000 gross (£2,047 net) for carrying out duties as Non-Executive Chairman and giving advice on strategy and corporate governance. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 09 July 2015) Former member of Lloyds (resigned 1999. Reinsured into Equitas.) 2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: David Flux Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 11 June 2015) 6. Land and property: (i) value over £100,000 (ii) rental income of over £10,000 a year Forestry and arable land in Norfolk: (i) 7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital Lansdowne Advisory Ltd. Longborough Capital PLC Glencara Estate Company (Registered 28 May 2013) 8. Miscellaneous Non-practising barrister-at-law. Unremunerated director of Global Law Summit Ltd, set up to run the 2015 Global Law Summit which will commemorate the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta and promote UK legal services around the world. (Registered 31 October 2013) 9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses I employ my wife, Emma Bellingham, as temporary part-time Parliamentary Assistant/Researcher.

Bottomley, Sir Peter (Worthing West) 6. Land and property: (i) value over £100,000 (ii) rental income of over £10,000 a year Flat in Worthing; (i) (Registered 04 June 2015) Cottage in Waverley; (i) (Registered 04 June 2015) House in Westminster; (i) (Registered 04 June 2015) 7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000 Streetbook Ltd; an internet community communications company. (Updated 4 June 2015)

Clifton-Brown, Geoffrey (The Cotswolds) 1. Employment and earnings Partner in East Peckham partnership, engaged in arable farming in Norfolk. I have the use of a car belonging to the partnership. (Updated 19 March 2014) Drawings for October 2014: £250.63. Hours: 21 hrs. (Registered 24 November 2014)


Drawings for November 2014: £2,048.30. Hours: 20 hrs. (Registered 05 January 2015) Drawings for December 2014: £1,230.65. Hours: 14 hrs. (Registered 22 January 2015) Drawings for January 2015: £861.83. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 03 March 2015) Drawings for February 2015: £148.05. Hours: 13 hrs. (Registered 08 May 2015) Drawings for March 2015: £873.89. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 02 June 2015) Drawings for April 2015: £3,004.54. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 02 June 2015) 29 May 2015, drawings for May 2015: £1,154.91. Hours: 17.5 hrs. (Registered 02 July 2015; updated 15 July 2015) 30 June 2015, drawings for June 2015: £2,243.83. Hours: 18 hrs. (Registered 14 August 2015) 31 July 2015, drawings for July 2015: £11,728.77. Hours: 43 hrs. (Registered 07 September 2015) 28 August 2015, drawings for August 2015: £179.02. Hours: 67.5 hrs. (Registered 12 October 2015) 6. Land and property: (i) value over £100,000 (ii) rental income of over £10,000 a year Agricultural holdings in Norfolk: (i) and (ii) Various let properties in London: (i) and (ii) 7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000 Interest in Salisbury Road Development LLP, which owns a property in Christchurch, Dorset. (Registered 18 October 2011) 8. Miscellaneous Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (unremunerated).

Crausby, David (Bolton North East) 6. Land and property: (i) value over £100,000 (ii) rental income of over £10,000 a year Income received from a residential property in London owned jointly with my wife: (i) and (ii) 9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses I employ my wife, Enid Crausby, as Office Manager.

Hendrick, Mark (Preston) Nil

Documents

Formal Minutes: Session 2015-16 ( PDF 241 KB)