Written question asked by John Stanley (Conservative) on Wednesday, 30 April 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 20 May 2003. It was answered by Lord Spellar (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 May 2003 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 11th December 2002, 396 c351W, on the Central Railway Scheme, what conclusion he has reached on making the Strategic Rail Authority's report to him on the Central Railway Scheme publicly available. - (Holding answer 7 May 2003).

Answer: Sir John Stanley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 11December 2002, Official Report, column 351W, on the Central Railway Scheme, what conclusion he has reached on making the Strategic Rail Authority's report to him on the Central Railway Scheme publicly available. [111475] Mr. Spellar :[holding answer 7 May 2003]: We have asked for further information from Central Railway on several matters before any decision can be taken on whether the Department should support its project. In particular, we need to be assured that all outstanding operational and financial issues have been resolved.

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