§ 76. Mr. David Steelasked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the fact that no subsidy is being sought from him by the Border Union Rail Company and that he subsidises other rail services, he will waive any charges which might normally be expected to accrue to that company in respect of the additional costs of carrying the Carlisle bypass, M6, over the Waverley railway line.
§ Mr. MarshThe road scheme concerned is the A74 trunk road improvement between the end of the Carlisle bypass and Mossband. In considering any application for statutory powers to operate a rail service on the Waverley line, I must of course be influenced by the heavy additional highway costs which that project would entail; if the Company is prepared to pay these costs any objection on that score would be removed. I do not regard the question of subsidies as relevant to this issue.