Parliament
16 mentions of the inquiry in Parliament since May 2002: debates, written questions and statements, oral questions and early day motions, from Hansard.
JARVIS AND POTTERS BAR
That this House notes that Jarvis has accepted liability for the Potters Bar derailment and supports the request of the families involved for a full public enquiry into the tragedy; is concerned that Jarvis is still responsible for over 50 per cent. of renewals on the national rail network and asks for this work to be taken in house by Network Rail at the earliest opportunity; is equally concerned that Jarvis continues to undertake maintenance contracts on the London Underground and calls on ...
ANNIVERSARY OF POTTERS BAR TRAGEDY AND THE RAIL SERVICE
That this House notes 10th May is the anniversary of the Potters Bar tragedy; welcomes the decision of Network Rail to bring some maintenance contracts back in-house but notes the continued damaging legacy of the Tory privatisation and fragmentation of the railway; regrets with increasing concern the escalating financial crisis facing the network; further notes that, despite receiving greater levels of subsidy than under public ownership, a number of the train operating companies are technica...
RESTORING THE RAIL INDUSTRY TO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
That this House believes that in the light of the latest rail disaster at Potters Bar the only way to restore confidence in the safety of the United Kingdom rail network is to bring the rail network back into public ownership and put an end to the multiplicity of private contractors and sub-contractors operating within the current system who put the lives of the travelling public at risk; and further calls upon the Government to review immediately its plans to introduce a public private partn...