§ 5. Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Wales what plans he has to increase the mileage of motorways in Wales.
§ Mr. George ThomasI would refer the hon. Member to my replies to his Questions on 28th February and 25th March, 1969, and my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda, West (Mr. Alec Jones) on 4th November, 1969.—[Vol. 778, c. 396; Vol. 780, c. 291–2; Vol. 790, c. 123–4.]
§ Mr. EvansIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that those replies were totally unsatisfactory, and they mean that by the middle 'seventies the Welsh proportion of British motorways will be only one-sixtieth?
§ Mr. ThomasBy the middle 'seventies Wales will see the biggest road programme she has ever known, and the extension of dual carriageway roads on a scale that we could not expect even a few years ago.
§ Mr. AndersonCan my right hon. Friend confirm that when the M4 is pushed further westwards to Bridgend and eventually to Pontardulais, for the whole of its new length it will be up to full motorway standard?
§ Mr. ThomasIt will be either full motorway standard, or dual carriageway standard, which is very near to that. I should not like to give the assurance straight away, but it will be very soon.