Channel Tunnel rail link proposals

Title

Channel Tunnel rail link proposals

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

22 Mar 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:59

Description

Peter Russell reports from Westminster on the Government’s proposed route for the Channel Tunnel rail link. Includes Commons statement on the proposals by Transport Secretary John McGregor; Commons speeches by shadow Transport Secretary John Prescott attacking the proposals; Edward Heath Kent MP on the route as regards his constituency.

Contributors

Edward Heath; John Prescott; John MacGregor; Peter Russell

Keywords

UK; Kent; France; Environment; Channel tunnels; Railway construction; Human activities effects

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