Clause 10 - Accident regulations
Railways and Transport Safety Bill
10:45 am
Mr David Jamieson (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport; Plymouth, Devonport, Labour)
Let me cover a few of those points. The European Union regulations will be a minimum; some countries may decide, as we have, that standards should be higher. It would be nonsensical for our regulations not to be in line with, or at least commensurate with, those elsewhere in the EU. As for the European Scrutiny Committee considering the matter, I have to say that I do not call that Committee; it calls me. The train operator or Network Rail would report the accident.
The hon. Lady asked about delays in reporting. It would depend whether those organisations were unreasonably delaying or denying information. As a lawyer, she probably understands that expression, but I think that that is how it would be defined.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 10 ordered to stand part of the Bill.