§ Mr. Cowansasked the Secretary of State for Transport what strategic or policy studies he has initiated to compare the rates of return from investment in road and rail, along the lines recommended by the Leitch committee; what research funds and manpower within his 308W Department he has assigned to these studies; and with which outside bodies his Department is collaborating in these studies.
§ Mr. Horam:I have set up a working group with the Department which is studying this in collaboration with the British Railways Board. No specific limit has been put on the research funds or manpower to be employed.