HL Deb 01 May 2003 vol 647 c122WA
Lord Campbell-Savours

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What plans they have to create a Board of Transport Accident Investigators. [HL2647]

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston

The Secretary of State for Transport has recently announced the appointment of the chief inspector designate of Rail Accidents, and is now setting up a Board of Transport Accident Investigators. This will comprise the Chief Inspectors of the Air and Marine Accident Investigation Branches together with the Chief Inspector designate of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB). The board will initially support the chief inspector designate in her establishment of the RAIB and in the longer term will seek to identify areas where the accident investigation branches can cooperate and adopt best practice.