Central Railway Scheme (Hansard, 20 May 2003)

HC Deb 20 May 2003 vol 405 cc655-6W 655W

§ Sir John Stanley
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 11December 2002,Official Report, column 351W, on the Central Railway Scheme, what conclusion he has reached on making the Strategic Rail Authority's report to him on the Central Railway Scheme publicly available. [111475]

§ Mr. Spellar
[holding answer 7 May 2003]: We have asked for further information from Central Railway on several matters before any decision can be taken on whether the Department should support its project.
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In particular, we need to be assured that all outstanding operational and financial issues have been resolved.