§ Mr. Fieldasked the Minister of Transport if he will list those reports from Royal Commissions, official departmental committees or ad hoc advisory groups established by his Department or the Lord Chancellor's Department which have yet to be debated in the House.
§ Mr. FowlerThe Department of Transport was created in September 1976, having previously been part of the Department of the Environment. Relevant publications since that date include:
- Road Accident Statistics: a revised reporting system. Steering group on reporting of road accident statistics. January 1977.
- Report of the Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment (Chairman: Sir George Leitch) October 1977.
- Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Motorway Service Areas (Chairman: P. J. Prior) 1978 (Report of the Secretary of State for Transport and for Prices and Consumer Protection).
- Report on level crossing protection. Joint DTp/BR official working party, 1978.
- Road Haulage Operators' Licensing; Report of the Independent Committee of Inquiry into Operators' Licensing (Chairman: Professor C. Foster) 1979.
- Review of Main Line Electrification: Interim Report of a Joint Steering Group set up by DTp and BR. 1979
- Lead in Petrol: an assessment of the feasibility and costs of further action to limit lead emissions from vehicles. Report of the Working Party on lead in petrol. 1979.
- Report of the Advisory Committee on Motorcycle Rider Training 1979.
- Report of the study of road construction units in consultation with Sir Derek Rayner. February 1980.
- Trunk Road Proposals: A comprehensive framework for Appraisal. Report of the Standing Advisory Committee on Trunk Road assessment. March 1980.
- Study of lower cost alternatives to the Jubilee Line in Docklands Report of DoE, DTp, GLC. Docklands Development Organisation and London Transport Executive Working Party. April 1980.
- National Road Maintenance condition survey. Report of the Standing Committee on Highway Maintenance. April 1980.
- Forecasting 'Traffic on Trunk Road: A report on the Regional Highway Traffic Model. Report of the Standing Committee on Trunk Road assessment. August 1980.
This list excludes research reports by the Department's Transport and Road Research Laboratory; reports by the Railways Inspectorate; and annual reports by the Advisory Committee on the Landscape Treatment of Trunk Roads, traffic commissioners, licensing authorities, Central Transport Consultative Committee for Great Britain, London Rail Advisory Committee, and Transport Users' Consultative Committee for Scotland and Wales.
I ant not aware of specific debates on any of these reports, although several have been referred to in the course of wider debates.