HC Deb 05 May 1998 vol 311 c322W
Mr. Ottaway

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 20 April 1998,Official Report, column 422, on Eurostar, if he will publish the independent inquiry which the Government commissioned into the Eurostar traffic forecasts produced by the parties. [40148]

Ms Glenda Jackson

No. The Government commissioned view of Eurostar traffic forecasts is based on information provided in commercial confidence by the private sector parties concerned.