HC Deb 07 November 1968 vol 772 c1070
Q1. Mr. Alison

asked the Prime Minister if he will visit Selby, Yorkshire, for the celebrations of the nine-hundredth anniversary of Selby Abbey in 1969.

The Prime Minister (Mr. Harold Wilson)

I have not yet received an invitation, Sir, but if I do I shall certainly consider it.

Mr. Alison

May I take it from the Prime Minister's Answer that he is waiting with anxiety, if with composure, for the invitation to reach him? May I warn him that this invitation is likely to be forthcoming only if he will take a personal interest in the replacement of the antiquated Selby Toll Bridge by a modern bridge?

The Prime Minister

I shall, of course, be ready to cross (hat bridge when I come to it—and it will not be the first time. If it is still toll-ridden, as it was many years ago—I do not know whether it is—I would say that I had strong feelings on the matter myself and that I understand the hon. Member's feelings about it. I hope that particularly so distinguished a member of the Church Assembly as himself will not link so secular with so ecclesiastical a question.