HC Deb 03 July 1990 vol 175 cc497-8W
Mr. Loyden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will now make an ex-gratia payment to the families of the people who died when the MV Derbyshire sank.

Mr. McLoughlin

I have no plans to make an ex-gratia payment to the dependants of those who were lost in the MV Derbyshire tragedy.