HC Deb 27 January 1997 vol 289 c54W
Mr. Andrew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to publish the study undertaken by his Department into the total cumulative environmental impact of the national roads programme. [12456]

Mr. Watts

The Department of Transport commissioned the Transport Research Laboratory to produce a study on the assessment of the total and cumulative environmental effects of the trunk road programme. TRL has completed its study and it is now finalising its report for publication in due course.