LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

EC steps in over transport construction projects

Genre

Interview

TX Date

18 Oct 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:01:44

Description

Shadow Transport Secretary John Prescott talks to Paul Rowley about the Government ignoring an EC directive to stop work on the Channel Tunnel rail route and 6 other major transport projects bacause of insufficient assessment of environmental impact. He says ministers were warned the M3 extension was in breach of common market regulations.

Contributors

Paul Rowley; John Prescott

Keywords

UK; Motorways; Environment; Europe; European legal instruments; Malcolm Rifkind; Road construction; Human activities effects; EC; Federalism

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