§ Mr. John BrowneTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will seek funding from the private sector, to be repaid from tolls, in order to meet the incremental cost of building a tunnel to accommodate the proposed extension to the M3 between Bar End arid Hockley Cross roads at Winchester.
§ Mr. ChopeNo. We have no intention of reopening the joint decision by the Secretaries of State on this much-needed scheme which followed 20 years of debate and four public inquiries.