Cecil Parkinson on rail safety

Title

Cecil Parkinson on rail safety

Genre

Interview

TX Date

14 Sep 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:05:07

Description

Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson talks about how the Government will act on rail safety, how much money will be made available, how new technology needs to be developed, his views on the DPP not prosecuting in the Clapham rail disaster case, and reducing working hours for train drivers. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Cecil Parkinson

Keywords

Deaths; Budgets; Reports; Government; British Rail; Rail safety; Inquests; Disasters (events); Railway accidents; Clapham Junction railway accident (1988); Train drivers; Verdicts; Hidden Report

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