§ 10. Mr. Allasonasked the Minister of Public Building and Works if he will hold a public inquiry into the deviations which have been announced from the Martin Buchanan plan for Whitehall.
§ Mr. LoughlinNo, Sir. The Martin Buchanan Reports were welcomed by the Government as a broad framework within which future development in the area should take place. That is still the position.
§ Mr. AllasonSince the Martin Buchanan Report was based on the exclusion of through traffic from Parliament Square, is it not highly unrealistic to continue to work on portions of that plan when its main prop has been pulled away?
§ Mr. LoughlinI do not think that any useful purpose would be served in setting up the public inquiry for which the hon. Gentleman asked.