Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Alice Mahon (Labour), on Tuesday, 22 March 1994, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 36 members in total.
MENWITH HILL STATION, NEAR HARROGATE
That this House is astonished that the Minister of Public Transport, the Right honourable Member for Kettering, should reveal on 21st March, Official Report, column 99, that he and his civil servants thought that the adjournment debate for Friday 25th March on Menwith Hill Station was a matter for him, only subsequently to learn that Menwith Hill Station is a communications centre near Harrogate run by the National Security Agency of America to intercept United Kingdom telephone calls and hence the responsibility of the Ministry of Defence; and believes that this remarkable ignorance of both transport and current affairs reflects a Department of Transport devoted to road interests and restricting their knowledge of railways to ghost trains.
Secondary information
- Type
- Early day motion
- Reference
- 925
- Session
- 1993-94
- Other sponsors
- Terry Lewis
- Dennis Skinner
- Jim Hood
- Bill Etherington
- Martin Redmond
- Subjects
- Departmental responsibilities Intelligence services Adjournment debates Department of Transport RAF Menwith Hill Freeman, Lord
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- View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk
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