§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) if bulging in railway line products supplied to Railtrack from Italy has implications for Railtrack's renewal programme; [141227]
(2) if he will secure from Railtrack an assurance that all strings of railway lines imported and used on the national rail network comply with Railtrack specifications; [141228]
799W(3) if he will secure from Railtrack an assurance that all Railtrack products used on the national railway network are as individual pieces of equipment traceable as to (a) country of manufacture and (b) name of manufacturer; [141229]
(4) what proportion of Railtrack's (a) current and (b) future renewal programme involves the use of heat-treated rails; [141230]
(5) what assessment he has made of the safety and usage implications for the life of railway lines arising out of the use of (a) heat-treated and (b) non-heat-treated railway lines on the national rail network; [141231]
(6) on how many occasions Railtrack has been served with enforcement orders relating to its operations since 1994; [141232]
(7) if he will list all train derailments since 1994; [141233]
(8) what assessment he has made of Railtrack's compliance with condition No. 7 of its operations licence in relation to the number of broken rails in each year since 1994; [141234]
(9) if he will place a copy of the Balfour Beatty maintenance audit report on railway stewardship of August in the Library; [141235]
(10) if ultrasonic testing of railway lines at the site of the Hitchin crash included angle probe ultrasonic testing in the period prior to the crash; [141236]
(11) if ultrasonic testing of railway lines on site throughout the UK rail network included angle probe ultrasonic testing as a matter of routine; [141237]
(12) what assessment he has made of the implications for safety in the national rail network arising from not using angle probe techniques in the ultrasonic testing of railway lines; [141238]
(13) if levels of asymmetry tolerance in relation to railway lines imported from Italy in 2000 have implications for the safety of the national rail network; [141239]
(14) if levels of asymmetry tolerance in relation to railway lines imported from Corus operations in France have implications for the safety of the national rail network; [141240]
(15) if the return of railway lines imported from Italy in 2000 was related to the need to maintain safety standards on the national rail network; [141241]
(16) if problems with the welding of railway lines imported from Italy in 2000 have implications for renewal of the national rail network; [141242]
(17) if he will request Railtrack to provide details as to the nature of the contractual arrangements for the import of railway lines from Italy; [141243]
(18) if he will discuss with Railtrack the implementation of arrangements whereby future maintenance contracts for maintenance contractors will exclude the right of Railtrack to override recommendations for maintenance and renewal made by maintenance and repair contractors and include the right of maintenance contractors to vary repair and maintenance contracts with the approval of regulatory bodies. [141244]
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§ Mr. HillI will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.