§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of the Uff-Cullen inquiry into technical solutions to the problem of railway signals passed at danger. [1017]
§ Mr. SpellarThe Government welcomed the publication on 29 March of the Joint Inquiry Report by Lord Cullen and Professor Uff into train protection systems and reaffirmed the Deputy Prime Minister's undertaking to Parliament on 20 July 2000,Official Report, columns 549–52, that the measures arising from the report will be brought within the 10-Year Plan for Transport.
The report endorsed the Government's existing policy to install the Train Protection and Warning System (TPWS) across the network by the end of 2003, and set out a programme for the new European Train Control System (ETCS) on high-speed and other main lines.
13WThe Health and Safety Commission (HSC) will be advising the Government on regulations to take ETCS forward and will publish a progress report in September.