§ Ms CoffeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what provisions he has made to ensure there is no conflict of interest between the advice given by L. G. Mouchel and Partners as consultants to his Department in respect of traffic modelling and design for the A6(M) and their acting as consultants to the applicants in respect of planning applications for a superstore on Melford road, Stockport, and a superstore on Stockport road west, where his Department is a statutory consultee.
§ Mr. KeyI am aware of the consultants' involvement and believe that they are acting in a proper and professional manner.
The application for Melford road has been considered largely in relation to its impact on the existing road network, given its distance from the proposed bypass.
My Department has formed its own view on all the evidence available in connection with the Stockport road west development and has responded accordingly.