§ Mr. TredinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make public the terms of the contracts he has signed with London and Continental Railways Ltd., the private sector promoter of the channel tunnel rail link; and if he will list the benefits of the channel tunnel rail link project to the nation. [20456]
§ Mr. WattsFurther to the undertaking given to the House by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on 29 February 1996,Official Report, column 1008, I have today placed in the Library of the House and in the Vote Office copies of a memorandum which summarises the most significant obligations of both London and Continental Railways and the Government under the terms of the contracts which were signed last week. Some of the aspects of the contracts are, and will remain, commercially confidential and have therefore been excluded. The memorandum provides further details of the benefits of the Channel tunnel rail link project to the nation.