HC Deb 04 August 1971 vol 822 cc308-9W
Mr. Wiggin

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what financial arrangements are being made to meet expenditure on the steel box girder bridges.

Mr. Peter Walker

The Government will be seeking parliamentary approval in the next Session for the necessary extra expenditure. In the meantime the Civil Contingencies Fund will carry any immediate expenditure.

Mr. Wiggin

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when the interim report submitted by the Technical Committee on Steel Box Girder Bridges will be published.

Mr. Peter Walker

An abridged version of the Interim Report is currently with the printers and will be published within the next few weeks. The form in which it will be published has been agreed with the committee. Abridgement has been necessary to exclude material either supplied in confidence to the committee or bearing on current litigation.