§ 29. Mrs. OsborneTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to promote private finance projects. [1614]
§ Mr. Geoffrey RobinsonI 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.