HC Deb 10 February 1988 vol 127 c246W
Mr. Adley

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will indicate the investment criteria applied by Her Majesty's Government to British Rail, and information available to him on criteria applied by the French Government to SNCF, in relation to rail infrastructure connected to or associated with the Channel tunnel.

Mr. David Mitchell

So far as Channel tunnel related investment is concerned, it is our understanding that the French Government, like Her Majesty's Government, expect the investments of their railways to show a proper commercial rate of return.