HC Deb 22 June 1992 vol 210 c70W
Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales further to the letter of the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of 13 December 1990, a copy of which was placed in the Library, what is the latest estimate available to him of the outturn cost of constructing the proposed Cardiff Bay barrage on a comparable basis with the £147.7 million referred to in page 5 of that letter.

Mr. David Hunt

The latest estimate of the cost of all elements included in the £147.7 million—that is construction of the barrage and associated works (including the Wentloog lagoon), acquisition of land and rights and protective provisions for groundwater and water quality—is the total of £152.5 million (at 1991–92 prices) included in the financial memorandum to the Cardiff Bay Barrage Bill introduced in November 1991.

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