§ Mr. HammondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he expects262W to receive the report of the Strategic Rail Authority into the proposed Central Railway project; and if he will publish that report. [160818]
§ Mr. HillI am confident that the Strategic Rail Authority will complete the review that it has commissioned into Central Railway's proposals in as timely a manner as possible. It will then be for the SRA to decide whether it wishes to publish a report.
§ Mr. HammondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the meetings held in the last 12 months between Ministers and the promoters of the Central Railway Project. [160817]
§ Mr. HillThere have been no meetings between Ministers of my Department and Central Railway in the past 12 months. My right hon. Friend the Minister for Trade has had a number of private meetings with representatives of Central Railway in his capacity as the Member for Sheffield, Central.