§ 20. Lieut.-Colonel Liptonasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many Metropolitan local authorities with roads for which a 40-miles-per-hour speed limit is proposed have agreed thereto.
§ Mr. WatkinsonI wrote to local authorities on 10th May asking for comments, but I have not yet received any.
§ Lieut.-Colonel LiptonAs there is obviously lack of enthusiasm for this increased speed limit, will the right hon. Gentleman give an assurance that if the majority of local authorities concerned are opposed to it he will abandon this rather crazy idea?
§ Mr. WatkinsonNo. On the question of any lack of enthusiasm, the local authorities were given to 30th June in which to compose their replies, and that is no doubt the reason I have not yet received them.