§ 69. Mr. VAUGHANasked the Minister of Transport whether he will promote the construction of new roads and widening of existing roads with reinforced concrete rafts instead of the method of hardcore pitching, thus avoiding future subsidences, uneven surfaces, and heavy maintenance expenditure?
§ Mr. HERBERT MORRISONHaving regard to the widely differing conditions affecting road construction in various parts of the country I am not prepared to lay down general prescriptions of the nature indicated.