HC Deb 25 July 1967 vol 751 c98W
90. Sir H. Legge-Bourke

asked the Minister of Technology when he expects to give his formal consent to the National Research Development Corporation to authorise Tracked Hovercraft Limited to construct an experimental hovertrain along the Barrier Bank of the River Great Ouse through the Isle of Ely, agreement having now been reached between the company and the river authority; and what will be the cost and the time-scale for the experiment, and the length of the track and method of avoiding interruption to road traffic.

Mr. Benn

I have nothing to add to my Answer to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. J. H. Osborn) on 11th July.—[Vol. 750, c. 392.]