HC Deb 01 July 1993 vol 227 cc589-90W
Mr. Dunn

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has received British Rail's 1993 safety plan; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. MacGregor

The British Railways Board has now submitted its 1993 safety plan. Copies have been placed in the Library.

I welcome the board's plan, which sets out BR's strategic safety objectives for 1993, reviews safety performance in 1992, and describes the board's safety policy and organisation. The plan demonstrates the wide range of initiatives underway, and the considerable resources BR is devoting to maintaining and improving its good safety record.

The plan should both reassure rail users and give BR staff confidence that safety remains a high priority. The board has the full support of the Government in keeping up the momentum on safety as our privatisation proposals are implemented.