HC Deb 15 April 1993 vol 222 cc673-4W
Mr. Dowd

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects his Department to publish research it has undertaken on the effect of road building on the inner-city economy.

Mr. Redwood

My Department commissioned a literature review on the impact of transport investment upon the inner city from Dr. Margaret Grieco of the transport studies unit, Oxford university. The review offered mixed views on the effects of roadbuilding in inner cities. The contractor has been invited to publish the work under licence from HMSO.