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Trains

Volume 201: debated on Monday 16 December 1991

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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he has any plans to require British Rail passenger trains to provide positive pressure breathing air in passenger carriages when passing through or stuck in tunnels.

No. HSE's railway inspectorate advises that the natural movement of air within railway tunnels is sufficient to ensure the health and safety of passengers and staff.