The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.
Mr. Alton
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to make an announcement about the electrification of the trans-Pennine railway link.
Mr. Freeman
A consultant's report has been commissioned by a consortium of local authorities and passenger transport executives in the area. The report is currently under discussion with the Department. We are currently awaiting the consortium's response to a number of detailed questions. It would be for British Rail to bring forward an investment case for this project.