§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the total cost to date of the employment of the Bray's detective agency to gather information on Twyford Down protesters; and from which subheads of which votes these funds were taken.
§ Mr. KeyThis question relates to operational matters of the Highways Agency. I have asked the chief executive, Mr. Lawrie Haynes, to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Harry Cohen, dated 23 June 1994:
The Minister for Roads and Traffic, Mr. Robert Key, has asked me to write to you in reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the cost of employing Bray's Detective Agency (Southampton) to gather evidence of trespass on the M3 construction site near Winchester.To date, Bray's have been paid £251,65637. These costs have been met from the Highways Agency Vote 1 (National Road System: Capital Section Al (New Construction and Renewal) of the Roads Vote.
§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what consultations his Department has had with environmental groups about individual road schemes.
§ Mr. KeyThis question relates to the operational matters of the Highways Agency. I have asked the chief executive, Mr. Lawrie Haynes, to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Harry Cohen, dated 23 June 1994:
The Minister for Roads and Traffic, Mr. Robert Key, has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary question about what consultations there have been with environmental groups with regard to individual road schemes.Consultations with statutory bodies such as English Nature, English Heritage, the Countryside Commission and the National Rivers Authority take place from an early stage of route development.Other environmental groups are given the opportunity to comment on a proposed scheme at public consultation and when the draft orders for the preferred route are published.