§ 21. Mr. John Hallasked the Minister of Transport if work will be started on the A.40 High Wycombe by-pass in 1961.
§ Mr. HayWe will publish as soon as possible a draft scheme to establish the line of the by-pass. This and other statutory procedures together with the detailed engineering design and the acquisition of land must necessarily take some considerable time, and I cannot yet forecast how soon it will be possible to start construction.
§ Mr. HallIs my hon. Friend aware that that Answer gives me no satisfaction whatever? Is he further aware that the road through the High Wycombe valley 1021 is today much more dangerous and difficult than it was in the days when the Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds was appointed to safeguard travellers? Will my hon. Friend for heaven's sake, do something about it?
§ Mr. HayAs I have said to my hon. Friend on a number of occasions before, I use this road very much myself and I am anxious to see an improvement completed as quickly as possible. I am afraid, however, that we cannot please everybody as quickly as we would like all over the country at the same time.