§ Mr. RoweTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library copies of the technical and other background studies prepared by Union Railways on the proposed route of the channel tunnel rail link.
§ Mr. FreemanUnion Railways' report, which I received on 29 October, and supporting appendices documents will, subject to commercial confidentiality, be published when the Government's decisions are announced. These documents contain a substantial amount of detail, drawing on the technical and background studies undertaken by Union Railways. It is not intended that the very large volume of raw material generated during the preparation of Union Railways' report be published.