Part of Orders of the Day — British Coal and British Rail (Transfer Proposals) Bill – in the House of Commons at 10:54 pm on 29 June 1992.
This is a sad Bill and it has been a rather sad day. Before 10.9 pm, only one Conservative Back Bencher—the hon. Member for Christchurch (Mr. Adley)—had made a speech and he is generally critical of the proposals to privatise railways. No Conservative Members have defended the Bill.