Olympic Games 2012: London Air Quality Debate
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Lord West of Spithead
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Olympic Games 2012: London Air Quality
Lord West of Spithead Excerpts(13 years, 7 months ago)
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Earl Attlee
My Lords, I answer for the Department for Transport and for the whole of the Government but, fortunately, I have no responsibilities for the city of Brussels.
Lord West of Spithead
My Lords, I declare an interest as a waterman and lighterman. Will the Minister say whether we have a comprehensive plan for greater use of the river, bearing in mind that we have been very poor at using barges, as we are committed to doing, for the Olympic build programme?
Earl Attlee
My Lords, I rather think that we have missed the boat on that because the infrastructure is largely built. However, when I visited the Port of London Authority I detected some of the work that the noble Lord had undertaken.