PUBLIC BODIES (ABOLITION OF THE RAILWAY HERITAGE COMMITTEE)
ORDER 2013

18 December 2012: As an amendment to the Motion to approve the abolition of the Railway Heritage Committee moved by Earl Atlee, Lord Faulkner of Worcester inserted, "but that this House, whilst welcoming the Government's acceptance that the heritage of Britain's railways is sufficiently special to justify the continuation of the Railway Heritage Committee's powers of designation and their transfer to the Trustees of the Science Museum Group, regrets that the opportunity was not taken to bring within scope those railway organisations wishing to be covered by the new designation arrangements".
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