§ 51. Lieu.-Colonel Liptonasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation which local authorities in the metropolitan area he is consulting about the proposed 40 mile-an-hour speed limit.
§ Mr. WatkinsonI have written to the sixty-one local authorities in which are situated the lengths of the road which the Committee recommended should be considered for a 40 miles per hour speed limit. I am also proposing to draw the attention of the other local authorities in the London traffic area to the Report.
§ Lieut.-Colonel LiptonWould the right hon. Gentleman give an undertaking that if any of the local authorities concerned strongly object to an increase to a 40 miles an hour speed limit he will abandon this crackpot idea?
§ Mr. WatkinsonTo begin with, it is not a crackpot idea. It will result in raising many speed limits from 30 to 40 miles an hour, which will be of great advantage to motorists. As always in the 1995 London traffic area, these things will be carried out only after careful consideration and with the co-operation of the local authorities.