To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if proposals for a link road between the M1 and M62 require the construction of a motorway service station.

[holding answer 29 June 1992]: Scheme planning is at too early a stage to assess the requirement for service facilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the required alterations in (a) electricity supply cables, (b) gas pipelines, (c) water supply and (d) telecommunications, for the purple and yellow routes proposed for a link road between the M I and M62 motorways.

[holding answer 29 June 1992]: Information on existing service apparatus has been gathered from the relevant authorities. An assessment has been made of the possible impact on this apparatus, but only in broad terms appropriate to the present early stage of scheme development.