Railways: Light Rail Vehicles Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Railways: Light Rail Vehicles

Lord Campbell-Savours Excerpts
Thursday 3rd March 2011

(13 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee
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My Lords, I am aware of the pacer vehicles and I agree with much of what my noble friend says.

Lord Campbell-Savours Portrait Lord Campbell-Savours
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My Lords, would Mr Parry not do well to reflect on what happened to the light rail plant in Workington, which was closed effectively in the 1980s due to reductions in public expenditure?

Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee
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My Lords, I was not in Parliament in the 1980s.