CAPTAIN FABERI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether, looking at the fact that the Cheshire authorities have declared that tar macadam, when once laid down on roads, is only one-fourth the price of ordinary macadam to renovate, he can see his way to advising that the initial expense, which is much greater than that of ordinary macadam, should be provided for out of the Imperial Exchequer, to be repaid by the yearly saving with a view to doing away with the dust nuisance created by motor cars.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSI am afraid there is no probability of effect being given to the suggestion of the hon. Member. I may, however, point out that it is the practice of the Local Government Board to sanction loans for laying down roads with tar macadam, and to allow a period of five years for the repayment of the loan. Assuming, therefore, that the view attributed to the Cheshire authorities is correct, it would seem that the local authorities could recoup themselves the additional initial expense within the period of the loan.