§ Dr. MarekTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) what assessment he has made of the reliability of the private commercial study produced by Virgin trains on the electrification of the North Wales main line; [119612]
(2) if he will commission an independent public study on the viability of the electrification of the North Wales main line. [119611]
§ Mr. HillThere are no plans to commission an independent public study as the former Office of Passenger Rail Franchising, now the shadow Strategic Rail Authority, had no reason to doubt the reliability of the study produced by Virgin Trains in March 1999.