HC Deb 12 June 1997 vol 295 c565W
29. Mrs. Osborne

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to promote private finance projects. [1614]

Mr. Geoffrey Robinson

I announced an immediate review of the machinery of PFI, by Malcolm Bates, the Chairman of Pearl Group and a former member of the Private Finance Panel. That will streamline and improve the process. I have also scrapped the requirement for universal testing of all projects.