Eurostar

24 February 2010: Earl Attlee asked Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ability of Eurostar to plan for serious operational challenges.

Lord Faulkner of Worcester: My Lords, my noble friend the Secretary of State for Transport has today issued a Written Ministerial Statement welcoming the Eurostar independent review, which looked into the collapse of Eurostar services before Christmas and was published on Friday 12 February. It was a tough and thorough review and contained specific criticism of Eurostar's contingency planning.
Ministers have requested Eurostar to present a further report to both UK and French Governments by the end of March explaining what measures the company has taken towards implementing these recommendations. Eurostar has committed to do this. see Hansard report.......