HC Deb 26 November 1987 vol 123 c252W
Mr. Martlew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what factors are delaying his decision on the future of the Carlisle to Settle railway line; when the matter first came to his Department for decision; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. David Mitchell

I received the board's financial case last December. Since then I have had to consider many representations, some of them quite recent, that have been made to me about that financial case, including comprehensive statements from both the local authorities, and the Friends of the Line.