§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the President of the Board of Trade if his Department has concluded a cost-benefit analysis of 336W the effects of building a new airport at Stansted, compared with alternative locations; and what were these other locations.
§ Mr. J. P. W. Mallalieu:As explained to the hon. Member for Saffron Walden (Mr. Kirk) on 30th November in reply to a similar Question cost-benefit techniques have been used in connection with interdepartmental work on the third London airport question: use of these techniques supports the choice of Stansted as compared with alternative sites such as Silver-stone, Sheppey and Foulness.—[Vol. 755, c.157.]
§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish the cost-benefit analysis of the effects of building a new airport at Stansted, compared with alternative locations.
§ Mr. J. P. W. Mallalieu:No. Cost-benefit techniques were simply one of the forms of anlysis used to help the Government in taking their final decision; the main reasons for this decision were set out in the White Paper on the Third London Airport (Cmnd. 3259).