HC Deb 02 April 1958 vol 585 c1198
21. Mr. Hayman

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will make a statement on the latest application of the Tamar Bridge Authority for sanction to proceed with plans and preparatory work.

Mr. Watkinson

I am still considering this matter.

Mr. Hayman

Will the Minister bear in mind that Hope deferred maketh the heart sick"? Cornwall and Plymouth have been waiting years for this bridge and need to carry on with the preparatory work if only because of the heavy unemployment in Cornwall and Devon?

Mr. Watkinson

I have said that I am considering this matter, and in the road programme as a whole at least there is not as much hope deferred as there was.