Toton Goods Yard (Hansard, 18 April 1990)

§ Mr. Allen
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will meet the chief executive of the British Rail Property Board to discuss the use of British Rail land at Toton for Transport related uses.

§ Mr. Portillo
No; this is a commercial matter for British Rail.

§ Mr. Allen
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will obtain a copy of the Halcrow Fox Consulting Engineers report on the viability of access to the Toton goods yard through existing transport routes;
(2) what proposals he has to develop road and rail links between the A52 and the proposed Toton international freight terminal;
(3) what steps he is taking to ensure that an international freight terminal for the east midlands is built at Toton goods yards on land currently owned by British Rail.

§ Mr. Portillo
The responsibility for planning international rail freight services rests with British Rail. Any road implications of particular proposals will be considered by my Department in due course.

§ Mr. Allen
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what correspondence he has received from Nottinghamshire county council, Mr. Cedric Ford and the Nottinghamshire chamber of commerce regarding delays in the freeing of derelict land in the ownership of British Rail in the Toton area.

§ Mr. Portillo
I am not aware of any such correspondence.