HC Deb 21 May 1958 vol 588 cc1285-6
28. Mr. Braine

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he has yet decided to make a grant towards the scheme for improving vehicular access to Canvey Island.

The Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Mr. G. R. H. Nugent)

We have told the Essex County Council that we are prepared to make a grant towards a scheme for improving this road in the present financial year, and I hope that the details will be settled fairly soon.

Mr. Lipton

On the subject of vehicular access, could the Minister do something in the matter of vehicular access to the Houses of Parliament in view of the fact that the car of the right hon. Member for Woodford (Sir W. Churchill) and that of a less important—

Mr. Speaker

This question is about Canvey Island.

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