HC Deb 20 February 1968 vol 759 cc213-4
33. Mr. Bob Brown

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will take steps to have included in all local authority housing contracts a clause making it legally binding upon the contractor to keep all roads and footpaths clear of mud up to the date of completion of the whole contract.

Mr. MacColl

No, Sir. It is already an offence under the Highways Act, 1959, to deposit anything on the road which is a danger or nuisance to road users, and I do not think a contractual clause on the lines suggested would add much further protection.

Mr. Brown

Is my hon. Friend aware that many of my constituents residing on the new Kenton Bar estate have suffered considerable inconvenence and distress as a direct result of the contractor failing to cope with this problem? Will he inform Newcastle Corporation that it has the power to deal with this problem?

Mr. MacColl

I have no information about this. If my hon. Friend would care to write to me about it I should be happy to do what I could to help him.