§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he last met representatives of Union Railways to discuss the case for an international station at Stratford.
§ Mr. FreemanI met representatives of Union Railways to discuss a number of matters related to the channel tunnel rail link on 2 February. At that meeting, I asked Union
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1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 £000 Per cent. £000 Per cent £000 Per cent City of London 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Barking 0 0.0 867 30.9 399 35.2 Barnet 0 0.0 140 9.5 175 6.7 Bexley 0 0.0 847 12.5 1,103 13.7 Brent 0 0.0 287 12.0 828 30.2 Bromley 212 3.6 420 7.2 432 22.8 Camden 1,617 33.1 1,566 35.8 1,139 28.0 Croydon 0 0.0 1,480 22.5 1,144 22.7 Ealing 0 0.0 285 7.1 386 11.8 Enfield 0 0.0 270 4.0 309 5.6 Greenwich 379 35.6 510 26.2 477 18.3 Hackney 185 5.9 385 13.2 600 17.9 Hammersmith 0 0.0 420 13.1 761 13.8 Haringey 255 6.5 1,270 36.3 1,012 32.0 Harrow 0 0.0 0 0.0 318 3.7 Havering 0 0.0 90 6.5 69 7.9 Hillingdon 0 0.0 170 1.3 278 5.4 Hounslow 0 0.0 215 3.8 414 7.4 Islington 900 36.0 730 28.1 935 29.9 Kensington 0 0.0 0 0.0 142 12.3 Kingston 820 30.7 563 20.3 472 13.5 Lambeth 145 17.6 255 19.7 537 31.1 Lewisham 100 0.8 50 0.6 231 2.3 Merton 250 11.6 140 4.9 189 10.9 Newham 30 0.4 140 1.4 204 1.8 Redbridge 0 0.0 765 34.0 535 31.7 Richmond 41 4.3 111 8.6 200 10.3 Southwark 0 0. 0 0. 381 9.9 Sutton 150 9.4 170 6.2 180 7.8 Tower Hamlets 1,847 62.4 6,995 77.3 3,440 64.0 Waltham Forest 170 8.1 415 14.4 251 10.0 Wandsworth 275 4.8 503 8.7 664 10.4 Westminster 570 8.9 480 8.9 336 9.1 Bolton 550 15.1 1,015 26.1 722 19.6 Bury 300 23.7 630 31.7 688 30.4 Manchester 779 4.1 1,330 4.9 1,363 5.5 Oldham 200 1.6 775 8.7 779 15.2 Rochdale 500 30.8 315 15.3 686 28.3 Salford 970 23.2 940 26.2 964 32.7 Stockport 222 5.9 350 7.5 955 19.8 Tameside 431 15.0 1,285 38.4 938 48.6 Trafford 140 2.6 290 5.5 251 2.2 Wigan 435 10.0 370 20.6 536 37.9 Knowsley 456 3.2 860 3.8 953 4.9 Railways to discuss further with the Stratford promoter group the assumptions underlying its case, and to report back to me.