Clause 8 - Regulations
Railways and Transport Safety Bill
9:15 am
Mr John Spellar (Minister of State (Transport), Department for Transport; Warley, Labour)
We have been going over old ground already discussed under previous clauses. I stress again to the hon. Lady that the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 is brief about the functions of the chief inspector, and the details are left to the marine accident branch regulations. I do not want to be repetitious, and I have already outlined the reasons why we are acting in that way.
The hon. Lady also asked for a definition of ''shortly''. As ever in Government responses, ''shortly'' means shortly.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 8 ordered to stand part of the Bill.