HC Deb 25 April 1967 vol 745 cc1318-9
31. Mr. Tilney

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government when the report on the Dee Estuary will be made available to the public.

Mr. Hector Hughes

On a point of order.

Mr. Speaker

I hope that hon. Gentlemen will not waste Question time by continually raising points of order.

Mr. Hughes

On a point of order. With the greatest respect, Mr. Speaker, is it not out of order to put on the Order Paper an ambiguous Question of this kind, which does not indicate to which River Dee reference is being made?

Mr. Willey

The consulting engineers' preliminary report on the feasibility of a Dee crossing is expected to be published by mid-July.

Mr. Tilney

Since there is great interest in this imaginative scheme, not only among those who live in the local authority areas immediately contiguous to the shore of the English-Welsh Dee but among those who live further afield, especially on Merseyside, would the Minister make certain that other local authorities are taken into consultation when the report is published?

Mr. Wiley

I will bear the hon. Gentleman's remarks in mind. I appreciate his interest in this project, but what we are mainly concerned with is consultation with the planning authorities, the economic planning councils, the study group and those who are immediately affected.