To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what consideration his Department is giving to an alternative east-west trunk route to the A418 in Buckinghamshire.

I expect to make an announcement this summer about alternative corridors for the east-west route to the west of Aylesbury. Elsewhere in Buckinghamshire a planning inquiry has just been completed into the county council proposals for an A418 bypass of Wing and we expect to consult the public about the A418 west of Aylesbury to Wing bypass section of the east-west route later this summer.