§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Transport what grants he has made under section 8 of the Railways Act 1974.
§ Mr. FowlerI have today agreed two grants totalling £581,000. Tilbury Road-stone Ltd. will receive £469,000 towards the cost of an aggregate depot at Bar-ham at Ipswich; Shipbreaking (Queen-borough) Ltd. will receive £112,000 towards the cost of improving sidings for handling scrap metal at its Queenborough Works, Kent. These two schemes, involving at least 400,000 tonnes, will be of significant environmental benefit to communities in East Anglia, Kent and London.