§ 4. Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Minister of Transport why the Marplan Survey, the basic information of which was received by her Department in October, 1965, was not published prior to the publication of the new railway network.
§ Mrs. CastleBecause the report was not complete.
The Marplan Survey is concerned with three railway passenger services withdrawn in 1965. It bears no relation to the Basic Network Map.
§ Mr. WalkerIs the right hon. Lady aware that, although she says that it was not complete, her hon. Friend the Joint Parliamentary Secretary said on 23rd November:
The analysis of the Survey is now complete. A summary of the results will be published shortly."—[Vol. 736, c. 288.]
§ Mrs. CastleThe position is that the very detailed statistical analysis had to be done within my Department. The statistical work has now been prepared for publication, and it will not be very long delayed.
§ Mr. ManuelWill my right hon. Friend give an undertaking to the House that, where closures take place providing for alternative services, she will see that those services are provided?
§ Mrs. CastleYes, indeed. We already see that the alternative services are provided in accordance with the conditions of a closure decision. On two occasions, I have sent my hon. Friend the Member for Aberavon (Mr. John Morris) to investigate for himself on the spot that services were adequate.