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Railways

Volume 918: debated on Monday 1 November 1976

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asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will specify the EEC regulations which prevent the Government from acceding to the request of the British Railways Board that they accept responsibility for the railway infrastructure.

In 1974 the Goverment rejected the support system preferred by BRB for a number of reasons, not least of which was that there was no guarantee that sufficient support would be available. Only one of the considerations was the serious doubt as to whether the system would have been acceptable under EEC rules.