§ Mr. SpellarTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 11 March 1996,Official Report, column 470, how many of the improved transport links between central London and Greenwich will be in operation by the beginning of 1999. [214371
§ Mr. NorrisThe Jubilee line extension is scheduled to open in early 1998 and the docklands light railway's Lewisham extension is scheduled to open in 1999. The expansion of river services on the Thames is a continuous process and a matter for the operators. We shall publish shortly our long-term proposals for new river crossings east of Tower bridge.