Lord Murray of EppingForest asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have completed their review of the results of trials of tugs in the Dover Strait and at Stornoway; and when they will publish those results and their intentions for the future.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Transport (Viscount Goschen)The 1995–96 trial period for the two tugs finished on 30th April 1996. The results of the trials are currently being analysed and will be published in due course. We will make public our intentions for future tug deployment on completion of our consideration.