HC Deb 24 May 1993 vol 225 cc407-8W
15. Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the future of the crossrail project.

Mr. MacGregor

As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said in his speech to the CBI last Tuesday, we have concluded that crossrail can be carried forward as a joint venture with the private sector and that London Transport's Crossrail Bill should proceed to its Second Reading next month.

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list those organisations and companies, other than the Manufacturing and Construction Industries Alliance, from which he has received recent representations concerning the crossrail project.

Mr. Norris

My right hon. Friend and I have received representations in recent weeks from the following organisations and companies:

  • Aylesbury Vale District Council
  • British Airways plc
  • Buckinghamshire County Council
  • Department of Trade & Industry
  • Grosvenor House
  • Howard de Walden Estates Ltd.
  • London Borough of Camden
  • London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • London Regional Passengers' Committee
  • London Tourist Board and Convention Bureau
  • Oxford Street Association
  • Regalian Group of Companies
  • Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
  • Save London's Theatres Campaign
  • Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners
  • St Albans Friends of the Earth
  • Trafalgar House
  • Wokingham Friends of the Earth