To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 16 July, Official Report, column 862, on the London ring rail, if he will place in the Library details of his response to the proposals of S. B. Tietz and Partners.

[holding answer 21 May 1993]: We were very interested to read the proposals which were sent to the Department last year. However it is for British Rail—and, in the longer term, for Railtrack—to consider whether such a project would be worth while and what priority it might deserve in their investment plans. My hon. Friend the Minister for Public Transport sent a reply to Mr. Tietz explaining this.