§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 5 March,Official Report, column 150, if he (a) commissioned and (b) received valuations of the assets to be transferred to the successful bidder for the channel tunnel rail link. [19940]
§ Mr. WattsThe bidders in the CTRL competition made their own assessment of the value of these assets as part of the calculation to determine the amount of public sector support they required.
§ Mr. PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if the consortia bidding for the CTRL contract were invited to consider in their submissions a direct link from the CTRL to the west coast main line. [20307]