§ 6. Mr. Haymanasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether, in view of unemployment in Camborne-Redruth, Cornwall, he will arrange for detailed plans to be prepared for a northeastern extension of Redruth by-pass road from Treleigh to Scorrier.
§ The Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Mr. G. R. H. Nugent)It will probably be some time before this road is built. It would not therefore be useful to prepare detailed plans now.
§ Mr. HaymanMay I ask the Minister whether he is aware that his reply will give considerable dissatisfaction in West Cornwall, because there is rising unemployment there and great apprehension exists among thousands of people, and that all that is asked is that plans be prepared for a by-pass which would provide a very useful diversion for holiday traffic? Will he reconsider the matter?
§ Mr. NugentI am afraid it really cannot be justified solely on traffic grounds, and it would be wrong to mark out the line, thereby prejudicing the property concerned many years in advance of the road being built.