§ Captain Kerbyasked the Minister of Transport if he will make a statement on the proposed closure of the Shoreham-Horsham branch railway line.
§ Mr. MarplesI have now received the report of the Transport Users Consultative Committee on hardship. The Committee has made a very careful assessment of the effect of closure on users. I shall give my decision when I have carefully studied its report and all the other effects of the proposed closure.