HL Deb 20 March 1997 vol 579 cc112-3WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

When they learned that the St. Pancras gasholders are the oldest still operational in the country (viz. older than those gasholders in Carlisle, which have been listed and are to be preserved) and what consequences for the eventual treatment of the gasholders will flow from this information, which was not available last year to the Select Committee on the Channel Link.

Viscount Goschen

The importance of the listed gasholders at St. Pancras has been recognised since the beginning of the CTRL planning process. The use of St. Pancras as the CTRL terminus means that there is no alternative to displacing the triple gasholders. Agreement has however been reached between London and Continental Railways and English Heritage regarding the arrangements for dismantling and re-erecting all the listed gasholders on a nearby site.