London Underground

The hon. Gentleman was being uncharacteristically inaccurate and unfair to the Committee when he said that it was totally hostile to PPP. We examined what happened, and it is a sad story, but if the hon. Gentleman reads paragraph 21 of the conclusion he will find that the Committee believed that Metronet's failure should be thought about and understood before a PPP is considered again. I would describe that as a very balanced look at what was going on, not as total hostility.