§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he will make a statement on the personnel, purposes and progress of the joint cross-border study of communications in Counties Londonderry and Donegal.
§ Mr. ConcannonThe study is being undertaken by a consortium of consultants—Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company of London in association with Stokes, Kennedy Crowley of Dublin. The consultants will work throughout with the guidance of a steering group, which will normally comprise six officials representative of Her Majesty's Government, the Government of the Irish Republic and the EEC Commission.
The terms of reference are to examine communications, including transportation —for example, roads, railways, ports, airports, telecommunications—in the Londonderry and Donegal area in the light of existing projects and plans, in order to determine their adequacy and to make recommendations for future development, having regard to financial constraints.
The consultants started work in September 1976.