§ MR. KING (Cheshire, Knutsford)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if his attention has been called to complaints by farmers in Cheshire, and other agricultural counties, of the damage and inconvenience which they suffer from the dust raised by the passage of motor cars over country roads in dry weather; and whether he proposes to take any steps to abate the nuisance.
PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. JOHN BURNS, Battersea)I have received, and am still receiving, resolutions from a number of local bodies, not only in Cheshire, but elsewhere, referring to the vexatious and damaging nuisance caused by dust raised by motor cars. I have given instructions that these resolutions shall be communicated to the Royal Commission on Motor Cars, who have the subject under consideration.
§ In reply to Mr. LUPTON (Lincolnshire, Sleaford), Mr. JOHN BURNS said he believed the Commission had power to consider the question of road construction as affected by this traffic.