Simon Hughes - Marchioness tragedy memorial service

12.00.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Fri 21st Aug 2009

Simon Hughes last night paid tribute to the victims of the Marchioness Thames riverboat tragedy. In a special evensong service at Southwark Cathedral, the Member of Parliament for North Southwark and Bermondsey joined with families and friends of the victims to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the disaster.

Speaking after the service, Mr Hughes, said: "The sinking of the Marchioness 20 years ago is sill one of the worst nightmares in the history of the Thames and London but the dead did not die in vain.

"A campaign by relatives and survivors has improved safety on the Thames. The legacy is many lives saved in all the years that came after."