§ Mr. SpellarTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what assessment was made by her Department, before awarding the millennium exhibition to Greenwich, of the impact on local traffic and travel facilities of(a) the construction phase and (b) the operation of the exhibition. [3705]
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe decision to hold the millennium exhibition at Greenwich was taken by the Millennium Commission. My Department had no role in the decision. I shall write to the hon. Member about the commission's assessment of the exhibition's impact on local traffic and travel facilities in my capacity as chairman of the commission and place copies of my reply in the Libraries of the House.