§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions(a) her Department and (b) English Heritage have had with the proposers of the Parker Plan for road construction near Stonehenge. [149882]
§ Estelle Morris[holding answer 26 January 2004]None. In accordance with paragraph 19(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to the Highways Act 1980, the Highways 279W Agency on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport published a notice directing that anyone who intended to submit an alternative route to the draft Orders for the A303 Trunk Road (Stonehenge Improvement) should do so by 19 December 2003. An alternative, locally known at the Parker Plan or Parker Route', has been received and will be considered before an independent inspector at the public inquiry.