After years of lobbying and the start of infraction proceedings by the European Commission against the UK and French Government, Eurotunnel has today announced reductions in access charges for rail freight services using the Channel Tunnel. The changes, which take effect from June 2014, will see tolls for the ‘off peak’ period, when most traffic…
‘Passengers from HS2 to the Continent are set to trudge along Euston Road for the next 50 years’ The Government, having rightly cancelled its own HS1-2 link in the HS2 Bill as being not fit for purpose, plans to get the Commons to prevent the HS2 select committee from discussing any future alternative link. Whilst…
Attached is a copy of my draft Duchy of Cornwall Bill and draft Explanatory notes. The purpose of this Bill is to clarify the status of the Duchy in respect of the application of legislation and that it is in the private sector. The Bill therefore proposed changes to existing legislation covering the tax status…
Lords Bradshaw and Berkeley Initial commentary on implications of Sir David Higgins’ HS2 review, for the London end of HS2 17 March 2014 Sir David Higgins’ Review had some very sensible suggestions, including extending the line to Crewe at an early stage to avoid the traffic jam that would be caused by all those trains…
David Higgins’ Review had some very sensible suggestions, including extending the line to Crewe at an early stage to avoid the traffic jam that would be caused by all those trains from HS2 and WCML converging onto the WCML there. I also welcome the removing the HS1-2 link; it was never fit for purpose, either…
