§ Mr. FavellTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his estimate of the proportion of freight to continental Europe by(a) weight and (b) value which will be carried (i) through the Channel tunnel, (ii) by air and (iii) by sea, broken down where possible by individual port, on completion of the tunnel.
§ Mr. PortilloThe Department of Transport does not produce forecasts of cross-channel freight traffic in total or by mode. Instead, on certain occasions, when the pattern of future cross-channel freight traffic has implications for the public sector, it forms its own view on the available forecasts.