89. Lieut.-Commander Hutchisonasked the Minister of Transport why the Report arising out of the public inquiry into the Severn road bridge project held in September, 1946, is confidential and is not available for inspection, whereas the proceedings of the Parliamentary tribunal which considered the Forth road bridge project in July, 1946, are made available to all persons interested.
§ Mr. BarnesIt is the practice to treat reports of public inquiries of this nature as confidential and not for publication, and I am not prepared to depart from this practice. The procedure is not comparable to that of a Parliamentary Committee.