HC Deb 03 February 1969 vol 777 cc1-2
2. Mr. Wall

asked the Minister of Transport if he will now make a statement about the Government's proposals for bridging the Humber Estuary.

The Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport (Mr. Bob Brown)

As said on a number of occasions, decisions on the construction of this bridge must await the Government's consideration of the Humberside study.

Mr. Wall

Why is not this bridge on the Government's list of priority bridges? Does the Minister expect the Government to fulfil before the next General Election the undertaking which was given at the North Hull by-election?

Mr. Brown

I am happy to repeat the exact words used by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity on this subject in the House in January 1967. She said: The Government will make decisions … when they have considered the results of the current planning studies. … The Bridge will be given a place in the road programme so as to fit in with the development"— of Humberside—

"in the 1970s if need be … "—[OFFICIAL REPORT, 25th January, 1967; Vol. 739, c. 1494.]

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