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Written question asked by Gwyneth Dunwoody (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 6 December 1996. It was answered by John Watts (Conservative) on Friday, 6 December 1996 on behalf of the Department of Transport.


Dept of Transport

Question
Pursuant to his Answer of 27th November, Official Report, column 265w, if he will place in the Library the inspection reports on the maintenance checks undertaken on the decoupling device involved in the fire on 18th November; pursuant to his answer, if he will place in the Library copies of all incident reports not yet in the public domain; if he will make public the findings of safety checks conducted by Eurotunnel; pursuant to his answer, what factors preclude him from placing in the Library correspondence between Eurotunnel and the Channel Tunnel Safety Authority relating to the design of wagons; what independent research was conducted by the Fire Research Station on the safe design of the channel tunnel; and if he will place copies in the Library.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
286 c804-5W;286 c802-3W; 7661;7646;7667;7664;7653
Session
1996-97
Subjects
Disclosure of information Channel tunnel Channel Tunnel Safety Authority Inspections Freight Eurotunnel Fires Railways Safety Safety measures Technology Research Rolling stock