§ Mrs Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the pilot schemes testing lane rental 35W charges in Middlesbrough and the London Borough of Camden will end; and when the conclusions will be published. [85489]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe pilots are scheduled to continue until March 2004. My Department has appointed consultants, Halcrow, to carry out a study monitoring the effect of the pilot schemes. I expect to receive their first report shortly and copies will be placed in the House Libraries in due course.