§ 23. Mr. Wallasked the Minister of Transport if he will make a statement on the improvement of East-West communications from the Ml and A1 to the port of Kingston upon Hull.
Mr. Bob BrownI have nothing to add to the Answer given to the hon. Member on 11th November.—[Vol. 773, c. 9–10.]
§ Mr. WallWill the hon. Gentleman confirm that the M62 from Liverpool will reach the Al only by 1972? What are the Government's plans for extending this motorway to the port of Kingston upon Hull.
Mr. BrownI do not propose to pursue the matter further than to say that 23 I fully explained the situation in the Adjournment debate on 15th October.
§ Mr. George JegerIs not my hon. Friend aware that the Thome by-pass is the most important of the bottlenecks in these communications? Is anything being done to expedite that work?
Mr. BrownI know my hon. Friend's great interest in the Thorne by-pass, but with the expected publication of the Humberside Study, about which, I understand, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs will be making a statement at about Christmas, it would be wrong to comment on individual aspects.