Presentations to the
Hybrid Bill Committee

The select committee sessions between 13th and 21st July (2015) were held to hear petitions requesting various Chilterns tunnel requests. This page will provide an index to as much material as is available, in due course.

Monday 13th July

Petitions 416 (Chilterns DC), 415 (Chilterns Conservation Board), 520 (Bucks CC) and 521 (Aylesbury Vale DC)

Topic	Speaker	Slides
Introduction	Mr Straker QC	Introduction
A Chilterns Long Tunnel	Mr Ray Payne	A1178
Engineering & Environmental Aspects	Mr Bruce Blane	A1179
Socio-Economic Costs	Mr Paul McCartney	A1180
The Landscape Case	Mrs Bettina Kirkham	A1181-86
Cultural Heritage	Ms Catherine Murray	A1187-89

Tuesday 14th July

Petition 761, The Chiltern Society

Petitions 106 (Halton PC), 1512 (Wendover PC), 605 (Wendover Society) and 83 (Wendover Stop HS2)

Topic	Speaker	Slides
Chiltern Society Presentation	Mr John Gladwin	A1194
Cross-examination	Mr Tim Smart	P7452
Impacts on Wendover	Mr Duggan, Mr Thompson, Mr Walsh, Mr McCaul	A1211
Agriculture, Noise	Mrs Gray, Mr Summers	A1212
Hydrogeology	Mr Johnson	A1213
Wendover Cut & Cover extension	Mr Thompson	A1214
Wendover Economics	Mr Peterson, Dr Savin	A1214, P7497

Wednesday 15th July

Petitions 416 (Chilterns DC), 415 (Chilterns Conservation Board), 520 (Bucks CC) and 521 (Aylesbury Vale DC)

Topic	Speaker	Slides
Contents, Colne Valley announcement	Mr Syms
Protection of the AONB, and Cross Examination	Ms K Daly	A1190
Cross Examination   (Mr Mould), Cross Examination  (Mr Straker)	Mr Miller (for HS2)
Cross Examination  (Mr Straker)	Mr Smart (for HS2)
Additional Mitigation and Summing Up	Mr Straker ( for the Petitioners)	A1221

Monday 20th July

Petitions 1618 (National Trust), 1288 (The Chiltern Countryside Group),
1285 & 1310 (Chiltern Ridges HS2 Action Group, Conserve the Chilterns and Countryside )

Topic	Speaker	Slides
Introduction & National Trust Statement	Mr A Lewis
Chiltern Countryside Group	Ms S Yeomans	A1225
Chiltern Ridges Action Group with Conserve the Chilterns and Countryside	Introduction	A1228
Design and Cost of T3i	Mr B Usborne	A1228
Economic Impact review (SQW report) and Cross-Examinations	Mr R Hindle	A1228
Summary of the T3i Case	Mr S Morris	A1228, A1237
Summing Up	Mr Kingston ( for the Petitioners)

Tuesday 21st July

Petition 1809 (The Residents Environmental Protection Association )

Topic	Speaker	Slides
REPA	Ms Wharf	A1238
Hyde End, South Heath, Potter Row	Ms Brown, Dr Hook, Ms Manton	A1238
Noise, Health, Safety	Ms Wharf, Mr Griffiths	A1238
Tunneling	Mr Ring, Mr Craig	A1238
Civil Engineering, Costs	Mr Bridger	A1238
Summary	Ms Wharf	A1238
Cross-Examination ( by Mr Strachan)	Mr Smart (for HS2)
Cross-Examination ( by Mr Strachan, Mr Griffiths, Ms Wharf)	Mr Smart (for HS2)	A1239 etc
Cross-Examination ( by Mr Mould, Ms Wharf, Mr Griffiths )	Mr Miller (for HS2)	P7416, A1257
Summary and Statement from the Chair (p52)	Mr Mould (p48), Ms Wharf (p51)

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