§ Mr. Laurance Reedasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will initiate a survey of the United Kingdom Continental Shelf near water deficit areas 52W The figures for 1961 and 1962 are for the Railways Executive of the British Transport Commission. The figures for 1963–1971 are for British Railways Board but the figures for 1969–71 exclude those staff of Freightliners Ltd. and National Carriers Ltd. previously employed by British Railways.
Mr. Edward Taylorasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total amount of capital expenditure allocated to British Rail in 1971; what figure he proposes for 1972; and what were the actual sums expended in each year between 1960 and 1970, inclusive.
§ Mr. PeytonThe fixed capital expenditure of the British Railways Board for the years 1963–70 inclusive, and the ceilings set by the Government for 1971 and 1972, are given below:
time or within five minutes of scheduled arrival time in the most recent annual period for which figures are available: and what were the comparable figures in each of the previous 10 years.
§ Mr. PeytonThe following information has been provided by the British Railways Board:
with a view to tapping any freshwater resources which may be located in natural reservoirs beneath the shelf.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerNo. Studies so far do not indicate that such freshwater reservoirs exist. However, the Water 53W Resources Board is studying the discharge of groundwater from aquifers into the sea near coasts and estuaries, and the results will enable the best use to be made of the resources of the whole aquifer.