§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement concerning the capital funding of the works listed in the London Docklands Light Railway (Beckton) Bill.
§ Mr. David MitchellWe have been given an assurance by the London Docklands Development Corporation that in its view the project could go ahead with no expectation of Government contribution to London Regional Transport's capital or running costs. We shall want to see, before the Bill proceeds to Second Reading, the specific arrangements which the LDDC can make to secure that there would be no significant risk that any of the costs would fall as a burden on LRT.