Title

Calls for public inquiry over Marchioness disaster

Genre

Interview

TX Date

15 Aug 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:51

Description

Political correspondent Paul Rowley interviews Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes, whose constituency covers the stretch of the River Thames where the Marchioness riverboat sank 2 years ago. He is supporting calls for a public inquiry and says there is a case for the Department of Transport to be prosecuted. Follows the publication of a report into the tragedy which said there was no wilful misconduct. Sound is in mono.

Contributors

Paul Rowley; Simon Hughes

Keywords

Deaths; London; Reports; Trials; River Thames; Boats; Public inquiries; Disasters (events); Transport safety; Department of Transport; Disaster prevention; Marchioness; Bowbelle; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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