§ 29. Mr. HALL-CAINEasked the Minister of Transport whether his Department will refrain from pressing the different local authorities to carry out all statutory duties imposed upon them which these local authorities may consider might usefully be postponed in view of the economic situation of the country?
§ Mr. PYBUSWhile I am not able to ignore duties imposed by statute upon local authorities, my definite and declared policy has been in the direction of the curtailment or postponement of expenditure upon works which are not of immediate urgency.