§ 58. Mr. HALLSasked the Minister of Health whether he received a petition signed by a very large number of the residents in the Whitefield district, near Manchester, including the medical officer of health and several other doctors, complaining of the condition of several roads, and if the same was handed over to the Minister of Transport, who now declines to deal with them; and, in view of the statement by the signatories that these roads are not only impassable at times, but are a menace to the health of the people, especially little children going to school, will he now take steps to see that they are attended to at once?
§ Sir A. MONDI received the petition and forwarded it to the Ministry of Transport, who have had the matter investigated. The roads in question are not highways repairable by the inhabitants at large, but I am sending a copy of the hon. Member's question to the district council for their observations.