§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a full list of all statements made by Ministers in his Department, and/or press notices issued by his Department, which referred to a possible completion date for the channel tunnel rail link, the dates on which each such statement was made, and the possible completion date which was mentioned.
§ Mr. Portillo[holding answer 18 January 1994]: My right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Thames (Mr. Lamont), in his Budget statement of 16 March 1993, Official Report, column 194, said that he hoped to see the new line completed around the end of the decade.