§ Mr. Rostasked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has now received the consulting engineers' appraisal of the Severn bridge.
§ Mr. David HowellNo. The Department's consulting engineers have asked for an extension of a few weeks to enable them to consider further all the details of these complex bridge structures. I do not expect to receive the appraisal for a further month. I hope to be able to comment by mid-summer.