§ 38. Sir REGINALD CLARRYasked the Minister of Transport the estimated expenditure out of the Road Fund during the current financial year on the works which are expected to cost £22,500,000 and have been approved for commencement during that period as the first instalment of the five-year road plan and the 1218 estimated expenditure in each succeeding financial year on this first instalment?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAThe Road Fund's proportion of the total expenditure may be taken roughly at 70 per cent. The rate of expenditure of course depends on the progress made by highway authorities.