§ Mr. MILLSasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport if Lord St. David's Committee have considered the utility of sanctioning expenditure upon a connecting tunnel between Essex and Kent; and whether he is aware that the existing railway junctions serving great areas are so situated in the respective counties as to make this junction desirable both for efficiency in transport and general utility?
§ Mr. NEALThe question of constructing a tunnel under the Thames to connect the railways of Essex and Kent is one for the consideration of the railway companies concerned, and upon the information before me I am unable to express an opinion as to whether such a project can be justified. I am informed that Lord St. David's Committee has not been approached in the matter.