§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his Department's assessment of the need and urgency of(a) new underground lines and (b) extension of existing lines to solve peak hour passenger congestion in London.
§ Mr. FreemanI refer the hon. Member to the report of the central London rail study published in January 1989, a copy of which is in the Library, and to the reply my right hon. Friend gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Hendon, South (Mr. Marshall) on 16 November 1989, concerning the central and east London rail studies, at columns 398–99.