§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Minister of Transport what organisations have written to him regarding the closure of the East Suffolk line; if he considers this a major closure; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Tom FraserThe following is a list of organisations from which I have received correspondence about the proposal:
- Southwold Borough Council
- Saxmundham Urban District Council
- Deben Rural District Council
- The Parish Councils of Laxfield, Melton, Middleton, Snape, Rendham and Wickham
- Eastern Regional Board for Industry
- Ipswich and District Trades Council
- Lowestoft and District Trades Council
- Saxmundham and District Chamber of Trade
- Beccles Borough Labour Party
- Eastern Regional Council of the Labour Party
- Eye Labour Party
- Ipswich Borough Labour Party
- Lowestoft Labour Party
- Ipswich Liberal Association
- N.U.R. Lowestoft No. 2 Branch
- East Anglian Permanent Holiday Camp Association
- East Anglia District Synod, Methodist Church
- Railway Invigoration Society
- The East Suffolk County Federation of Women's Institutes and twelve individual Institutes.
I cannot form a view of the proposal until I have received and studied the report of the Transport Users Consultative Committee on hardship together with all other relevant factors.