§ Mr. Allen McKayasked the Secretary of State for Transport what feasibility studies have been commissioned by his Department into a new trans-Pennine motorway between Sheffield and Manchester; what conclusions he has reached as a result of such studies; and what is the total cost to public funds of those studies.
§ Mrs. ChalkerNo such studies have been commissioned since the then Secretary of State announced in February 1977 that the Government had decided not to proceed with a new road linking Manchester and Sheffield through the Peak District national park.