§ 25. Mr. A. Robertsasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what action he proposes to take to extend the London-Yorkshire motor road beyond the present determined point.
§ Mr. WatkinsonThe difficulties of finding a satisfactory route for this motorway through Leicestershire have not yet been resolved and I cannot therefore yet say when I shall be able to publish a draft scheme for the northern section of the London-Yorkshire motorway. A line proposed by the Leicestershire County Council is being urgently examined in comparison with those previously put forward.
§ Mr. RobertsIs the Minister really sympathetic, towards the idea that the projected motorway should go through Yorkshire, because it is apparent that there is more sympathy with the idea that it should go to the west of the Pennines rather than to the east?
§ Mr. WatkinsonI should sympathise with Yorkshire rather than with Lancashire, looking back to my origins, but I told the deputation from Yorkshire the other day that the difficulty of finding a line in Leicestershire was so great that we should certainly examine going ahead with the Yorkshire section independently of the southern section.