§ MR. CHANNING (Northamptonshire, E.)To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether the reference to the Royal Commission on Motor Traffic will include an inquiry into the inc eased wear and tear to the roads caused by motor vehicles of great weight, high power, and speed, and into the increased charges upon the rates arising from such wear and tear, and from the provision of extra police to better enforce the law; and whether he will address a circular letter to local authorities inviting them to prepare estimates of the increased charges on the rates thus imposed.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) I think that the terms of reference to the Royal Commission are sufficiently wide to include an inquiry into the matters referred to in the Question. It will rest with the Commission to decide what information they will ask local authorities to furnish for the purposes of their inquiry.