§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if the emergency accident procedure known as POLACAP was immediately put into effect on the night of 20 August 1989 after the collision of the Bowbelle and the Marchioness on the River Thames.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe conduct of emergency procedures following the accident was examined in the investigation carried out by the marine accident investigation branch, and will be covered in the chief inspector's report when it is published.
§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list all the emergency exercises carried out under the Port of London authority combined accident procedure in recent years.
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§ Mr. McLoughlinThe emergency exercises carried out under the Port of London authority combined accident procedure in recent years were
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