House of Commons Hansard Debates for 25 Jun 1991

Written Answers to Questions

Tuesday 25 June 1991

TRANSPORT

Channel Tunnel

Mr. Rowe : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to receive the environmental assessment report on the proposed high -speed rail link ; and if he will then publish it.

Mr. Freeman : The environmental assessment which British Rail has been carrying out of the safeguarded section between Cheriton and Upper Halling may need revision, depending on the choice of a preferred route for the whole rail link. However, before embarking on the formal approval process for the rail link, British Rail intends to prepare and publish a full environmental statement for the complete route between the channel tunnel and London.

Motorways (Litter)

Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has paid Warwickshire county council as its agent for clearing litter from the M6 in Warwickshire each year for the last five years.

Mr. Chope : Separate figures for litter clearance on the M6 in Warwickshire are not available. The amounts paid by the Department to Warwickshire county council for sweeping and cleansing, including litter clearance, on those stretches of the M6 in Warwickshire and the west midlands for which it is the Department's agents were :