§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what(a) environmental and (b) other appraisal methods were used by his Department when assessing the forecasts produced by MEL on the Birmingham Northern Relief Road in 1991. [53958]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonI do not have access to papers relating to the previous administration's decision to appoint MEL as concessionaire for the BNRR. Our own decision to approve the proposed scheme was made in the light of evidence put before the Public Inquiry and the Inspector's Report on that evidence.