Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential cost to the Strategic Highways Company of carrying full public liability and professional indemnity insurance as proposed in the Infrastructure Bill [Lords].

The Infrastructure Bill includes no measures that change existing legislation on public liability and professional indemnity insurance. The strategic highways company is expected to manage risk and insurance in line with HM Treasury's “Managing Public Money” and the detailed insurance arrangements for the new company are being considered.