Oral Answers to Questions — Rail Freight

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 24 April 2001.

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Photo of Michael Fabricant Michael Fabricant Conservative, Lichfield 12:00, 24 April 2001

Does the Minister accept that the wrong way to drive freight on to rail is by having the highest fuel prices in Europe? Is he aware that freight companies in the west midlands are filling their lorries up in Belgium, Holland and France? Does he know that diesel in Britain is twice the price of diesel in Croatia, for God's sake?