§ 40. Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to make an announcement concerning trunk road developments in South-East England.
§ The Under-Secretary of State for the Environment (Mr. Michael Heseltine)My right hon. Friend gave full details of the Government's trunk road plans throughout the country, including the South-East, in a reply on 23rd June to a Question from his hon. Friend the Member for Exeter (Mr. John Hannam).—[Vol. 819, c. 288–292.]
§ Mr. SpearingDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that there was a phrase in the report which mentioned that a further announcement was to be made concerning trunk roads in the Greater London area? Can he assure the House that no announcement will be made which would prejudice in either direction the findings of the Greater London Development Plan Inquiry now in process?
§ Mr. HeseltineWe have always made it clear that any announcements within 719 the G.L.D.P. area would have to be viable independently of the G.L.D.P. plan.