HC Deb 16 July 1929 vol 230 cc249-50W
Mr. ALBERY

asked the Minister of Transport if up to the present any land has been purchased at or near Dartford with a view to the construction of the Thames Tunnel on the Purfleet-Dartford site?

Mr. HERBERT MORRISON

Certain lands have been acquired to safeguard the line of approach to any future Lower Thames Tunnel in this neghbourhood.

Mr. ALBERY

asked the Minister of Transport the nature of the engineering objections to the construction of the Lower Thames tunnel at the Tilbury-Gravesend site; and the date on which the last investigation into the engineering aspect of this matter was made?

Mr. HERBERT MORRISON

A report was made to my Department by Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice on this subject on 21st July, 1924. The contents of the report cannot conveniently be summarised in a reply to a Parliamentary question, but I should be happy to give the hon. Member an opportunity of discussing the matter with a technical officer of my Department.