Written question asked by Earl of Haddington (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 May 1999. It was answered by Lord Whitty (Labour) on Thursday, 6 May 1999.

Whitty, Lord

Question: Further to the Written Answers by the Lord Whitty on 16 March (95WA) and 31 March (49WA), what legal responsibility they had to retain copies of all reports of (a) weekend surveys, (b) detailed quarterly surveys and (c) annual reviews of the Severn rail tunnel in each of the last 15 years in which the responsibility of the Severn rail tunnel came under the control of the British Railways Board; and why such information was not held centrally. [HL 2156].

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