§ 55. Mr. Peytonasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what progress has been made in the negotiations between his Department, the British Transport Commission, and the Somerset County Council, as highway authority, for taking over Common Arch Bridge, Chard Junction.
§ Mr. MolsonNegotiations have been completed except for the terms of an indemnity clause and some details about land and culverts, on which the county council and the British Transport Commission have not yet reached agreement.
§ Mr. PeytonWhile thanking my right hon. Friend for that reply, not all of which I was able to hear, and while also thanking him warmly for the previous help which he has given on this subject, may I ask him if he will please ask the two bodies concerned, the Commission and the county council, to expedite this matter, which has been going on far too long, perhaps three or four years, and will my right hon. Friend please use his best endeavours to stimulate them into getting an agreement?
§ Mr. MolsonI am much obliged to my hon. Friend for what he has said, and I will see what can be done in this direction.