THE Government will NOT be holding a public inquiry into the Potters Bar rail crash. Today it was announced, by Transport secretary Lord Adonis, there will be an independent inquest into the 2002 crash - caused by a faulty set of points - in w
THE Government will NOT be holding a public inquiry into the Potters Bar rail crash.
Today it was announced, by Transport secretary Lord Adonis, there will be an "independent" inquest into the 2002 crash - caused by a faulty set of points - in which seven people died.
However, the news was not welcomed by everybody.
Hertsmere MP James Clappison said the case "merits a full public inquiry".
A spokesman for the Department of Transport said the Secretary of State believes the inquest will "ensure lessons are learned and acted upon and as such are as effective as a public inquiry".
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