HC Deb 04 November 1970 vol 805 cc1060-1
8. Dr. Stuttaford

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on future plans for the construction of dual carriageways on the A11 road in Norfolk.

Mr. Michael Heseltine

With permission, I will circulate a list in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Mr. Stuttaford

Is my hon. Friend aware that although Norfolk is the fourth largest county in the country, it has less dual carriageway than any other county and that this is probably a contributory cause to its having the lowest wage structure in the country?

Mr. Heseltine

My hon. Friend may consider that the list of schemes which I have announced give an indication of what we have in mind, though I assure him, on the wider aspects which he mentioned, that they are very much in our minds.

Mr. Lane

Will the Minister bear in mind the fact that there is strong feeling in East Anglia generally that during the 1970s this part of England is due a higher priority and a greater share of the total national road programme?

Mr. Heseltine

I will certainly bear that in mind, but there is no part of England which does not feel exactly the same.

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