Lord Berkeleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the announcement by the Secretary of State for Transport to the Rail Conference on 21 January that "Next year a further £40 million grant will go to freight" means that the statement by the Strategic Rail Authority on 17 January of its intention to suspend all further rail freight grants for the present financial year and 2003–04 will be rescinded. [HL1238]
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§ The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord Macdonald of Tradeston)It means that the SRA is providing £40 million in freight grants in the next financial year, as my right honourable friend said.