§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Transport how often, and on what dates, the Standing Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment has met since publication of the Leitch committee report in January 1978.
§ Mr. Horam:I understand that the Committee has met twice since it was appointed in June 1978, on 14th July and on 10th November. Sub-groups of the committee have also met on 13th October and on 2nd November, and informally on 9th October.
§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the titles of the papers so far submitted to the Standing Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment, together with the sources of the papers.
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§ Mr. Horam:This is a matter for the committee. The Department has, however, submitted papers on the following topics:
Main developments since the advisory committee completed its work.
Some problems of interpretation arising out of the interim memorandum on national traffic forecasts.
COBA 8— background paper for information.
Research into forecasting car ownership and traffic and implementation of the forecasts.
A disaggregate model of household car use (DOE/DTp Research Report 20).
Business cars and business motoring. Framework for assessing trunk road schemes.
Experience in the use of the framework.
The use of multiple criterion analysis in comparability studies between road and rail investment.