HC Deb 30 November 1995 vol 267 c881W
Mr. Chris Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate(a) the volume of goods currently being shipped by security approved freight forwarders by rail through the channel tunnel per week and (b) the volume being shipped by road and ferry because of the restrictions imposed by the Channel Tunnel (Security) Order 1994; and if he will make a statement. [2684]

Mr. Watts

The average number of containers from security approved channel tunnel freight forwarders carried through the channel tunnel for the month of October 1995 was over 260 per week.

Decisions on the means of transport are commercial ones for the shipper concerned.