HC Deb 05 December 1932 vol 272 c1236
60. Mr. SMITHERS

asked the Minister of Transport whether he will make a grant from the Road Fund to enable the local council to improve the roads in the Blackfen area, near Sidcup, Kent, in order that it may be possible to run omnibus services over these roads adequate for the needs of the inhabitants?

Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAM

I am unable to trace any application for a grant to road improvement schemes in the Blackfen area. Should one be submitted, it will be considered in the light of the limited funds available and the claims of schemes elsewhere.

Mr. SMITHERS

Can the hon. Gentleman say that he has received no application for motor omnibus services in this district, and is it not a fact that the omnibus cannot be provided because the roads are so bad?

Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAM

I can only give the hon. Member the information that I have already had. I have no such information.

Mr. SMITHERS

May I ask whether the hon. Gentleman will take into account the very urgent demand for an omnibus service in this district, and will he give it sympathetic consideration?

Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAM

I will certainly give it my immediate consideration, and as sympathetic consideration as I can.