Research Briefing
This note describes the structure of the rail industry following privatisation by the Railways Act 1993. It is intended to give a factual account and only briefly touches on the issues involved in reaching decisions about the form of privatisation chosen or its shortcomings.
Research Briefing
This Note gives the background to the 1996 Act which legislated for the building of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link; details on the scheme post-1996 can be found iin SN/BT/267.
Research Briefing
This Note provides background to the WCML upgrade project completed in December 2008.
Research Briefing
This note explains the Government's approach to rural transport.
Research Briefing
This note sets out the conclusions of the 2006 Eddington study into transport and the economy and subsequent responses to it.
Research Briefing
This note looks at contemporary assessments of the investment needed to upgrade the London Underground, some of the proposals consequently put forward to bring this about and the Labour Government’s final decision to fund future development with a Public Private Partnership (PPP).
Research Briefing
This note sets out European policy on shipping since the 1980s and the UK Government's views on it.
Research Briefing
This note gives a brief history of the british merchant fleet and outlines the policies of the Labour Government, including training and employment for seafarers.
Research Briefing
This note explains what the tonnage tax is and how it works.
Research Briefing
This note sets out the rules on the constitution and management of trust ports.
Research Briefing
This note explains the rules relating to the applicability, or not, of the Working Time Regulations 1998 in the road transport sector.
Research Briefing
This note outlines the proscriptions on bull bars set out in European legislation.
Research Briefing
This note outlines the European and domestic drivers' hours rules and how they are enforced. It does not cover working time rules.
Research Briefing
Updated with details of the changes to permit the display of national symbols on number plates, which came into force in April 2009.
Research Briefing
This paper gives an overview of both the transport and environmental policy background in which this decision has been taken; the planning aspects of the proposal; its anticipated environmental impacts; and relevant statistical issues.
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