Channel Tunnel (Fire)

HC Deb 08 March 1994 vol 239 cc122-3W

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what day staff of the railway inspectorate first visited the channel tunnel to inspect the site of the electrical fire in the channel tunnel on 13 November.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

I have been asked to reply.

Inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive, including a railway inspector, first visited the site of this incident on 16 November 1993.

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he has received reports on the electrical fire which occurred in the channel tunnel on 13 November 1992 from(a) Eurotunnel or TML and (b) the Health and Safety Executive.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

I have been asked to reply.

The Employment Department has been briefed on the incident by the Health and Safety Executive. HSE notified the Channel Tunnel Safety Authority of the incident and the investigation.

Eurotunnel also gave a report on the incident to the Channel Tunnel Safety Authority.