HC Deb 08 May 1963 vol 677 cc427-8
27. Mr. Bence

asked the Minister of Transport what steps he is taking to increase transport facilities for the new town of Cumbernauld.

Mr. Hay

So far as I am aware, the provision of transport facilities for Cumbernauld has in general kept pace with the demand.

Mr. Bence

Does not the hon. Gentleman realise that his proposition that transport facilities are keeping pace with the demand is not likely to stand for long? Will he assure us that the progress to which he refers will be continued by a refusal to accede to the proposal in the Beeching Report to close Cumbernauld station?

Mr. Hay

No, Sir. If, and when, the proposal comes forward from the Railways Board, then, as my right hon.

Friend made clear in the debate last week, there will be a very full examination of the matter by the transport users consultative committee and, subsequently, by himself. All the issues vis-ávis Cumbernauld which the hon. Gentleman has in mind will be fully in my right hon. Friend's mind.