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Channel Tunnel

Volume 244: debated on Tuesday 11 November 1930

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48.

asked the Prime Minister whether the Government proposes to provide facilities this Session for the further discussion of the Channel Tunnel?

No, Sir, this question was fully discussed last June, the decision being left to a free vote of the House.

Does that mean that there will be no further opportunity of discussing this question during the present Parliament for the next three and a-half years?

I am not sure about the three and a-half years, but there is no reason why it should not be discussed in this Parliament, because there are plenty of opportunities for balloting Motions.