§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 27 January,Official Report, column 35, if he will list the principal differences between the Cardiff bay barrage scheme as presented for approval in November 1987 and as approved in June 1988. [13492]
§ Mr. Waldegrave[holding answer 30 January 1997]: The answer can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 27 January,Official Report, column 35, concerning the Cardiff bay barrage, if he will list the consultant's reports supplied to his Department by the Welsh Office between November 1987 and June 1988 in support of the main economic appraisal document. [13493]
§ Mr. Waldegrave[holding answer 30 January 1997]: In November 1987, the Welsh Office provided the Treasury with a copy of an economic appraisal of the project prepared by Peat Marwick McLintock. Peat Marwick McLintock subsequently revised the appraisal and this was provided to the Treasury in June 1988.
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 27 January,Official Report, column 35, if he will place in the Library (a) the Treasury's letter of approval for the Cardiff Bay barrage project and (b) the appraisal commentary by his departmental economic appraisal team. [13491]
§ Mr. Waldegrave[holding answer 30 January 1997]: Approval was provided in a ministerial exchange of letters. It is not the Government's practice to place such correspondence, or advice provided to Ministers by officials, in the Library.