§ 78. Mr. EDEasked the Minister of Transport if an engineer has been appointed to advise on a crossing of the River Tyne between South Shields and Tynemouth; and, if so, will he give the name of such engineer?
§ Mr. HERBERT MORRISONThe Town Councils of South Shields and Tynemouth were advised in December last of the offer of a grant towards the cost of an engineering investigation, but I have not yet been furnished with the name of the engineer whom they propose to appoint.
§ Mr. EDEAre negotiations going on between the Minister's Department and the local authority concerned with regard to the appointment referred to?
§ Mr. MORRISONWe do not, of course, submit a particular name, but we have suggested a panel of names to the local authority for consideration. Up to the present we have not received a reply from the local authority.