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348815

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date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Tunnel: Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have, if any, to undertake, in conjunction with the government of France, an independent study into the safety of open lorry shuttle wagons operating through the Channel Tunnel.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government continues to work closely with our French counterparts through the Channel Tunnel Intergovernmental Commission to supervise and monitor the safety of the Channel Tunnel. The design of HGV Shuttles is only one aspect of the technical and operational measures that have been put in place and regularly reviewed to ensure the Channel Tunnel remains an acceptably safe operation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/06/2015 11:35:13 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

348826

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date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Ukraine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect the report of the Dutch inquiry into the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine on 17 July 2014 to be published.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>The Dutch Safety Board are aiming to publish their report in into the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine on 17 July 2014, in October this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/06/2015 10:58:46 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

348870

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date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A1: Nottinghamshire
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 8 June (HL105), what "significant problems" caused the cost of the A1 roadworks near Gamston Airfield almost to double; and whether the contractor will be deleted from the list of approved contractors.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The significant problems encountered by Highways England and their contractors were:-</p><p> </p><p>- the removal and treatment of a previously unidentified old contaminated landfill site which was buried in woodland and unknown at the tender stage,</p><p> </p><p>- the need to excavate old concrete/tarmac within the central grassed reservation which was not identified by site surveys at the tender stage,</p><p> </p><p>- the need for an additional infiltration pond,</p><p> </p><p>- a change to the central pier design which while increasing short term costs will save long term maintenance costs.</p><p> </p><p>Discussions with the contractors are ongoing. Highways England does not hold lists of contractors but is able to take into account past performance as part of their procurement process.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/06/2015 11:58:48 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling