Mr. John Mulligan:

The payback to the community in terms of the return on the investment is five years. We have never been against the idea of building that railway. We are asking for recognition of the realities. Thus far, we have been correct in that the reports have found against the railway. To be fair, the Bradley report was commissioned by a rail lobby group. If Cadbury's commissioned on a report on whether sweets are good for people, one would expect it to say that they are. Somewhere between the two lies the real cost.