§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Transport what would be the present day cost of a single-track Channel rail tunnel plus infrastructure, a two-way road Channel tunnel plus infrastructure, and a Channel bridge for road and rail, respectively, in absolute cost terms, and in numbers of years of United Kingdom net contribution to the EEC budget.
§ Mr. FowlerBritish Rail estimates that the cost of a single bore rail tunnel, with service tunnel, infrastructure and rolling stock would be £650 million at March 1978 prices. No costs are available for other schemes and it is not possible to relate them to our contribution to the EEC budget.