§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of Slate for Transport if he will make a statement on the timetable of his proposals in respect of the privatisation of the Surveyors General Organisation.
§ Mr. NorrisI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Mr. Bowis) on 10 November 1992,Official Report, column 675. The Surveyors General Organisation is not being privatised. A consultation document on the scope for increased private sector participation in respect of that part of its work relating to survey and certification was issued on 14 December 1992; the deadline for responses is 12 March 1993.