§ Mr. AMMONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether he has received a proposal from the Camberwell Borough Council proposing the construction of an arterial road from the Newlands to Brockley; and whether, having regard to the need of work: to be put in hand for the relief of unemployment and for London road traffic, it can be included in the programme of arterial road construction in which the London County Council is collaborating with the Ministry of Transport?
§ Colonel ASHLEY:The project mentioned by the hon. Member has been submitted to me by the Camberwell Borough Council. It is very doubtful whether funds will at present permit any extension of the Greater London Arterial Road Programme, but I will give careful con-
Areas Classified. Number of Unemployed. Percentage Unemployed. Surrey County Council (works in various parts of the County Varies according to site of the works. Croydon County Borough Council … … … … 2,258 10.4 Kingston-on-Thames Town Council … … … … 1,504 11.9 Wimbledon Town Council … … … … … 803 10.0 Barnes Urban District Council … … … … … 483 10.7 Farnham Urban District Council … … … 304 25.3 Merton and Morden Urban District Council (regarded as a semi-rural area). 290 8.3 2802W
Certificates have been refused since the 1st October, 1922, in the following cases: Areas Classified. Number of Unemployed. Percentage Unemployed. Surrey County Council (work in the Haslemere Urban District). 45 3.3 Dorking Urban District Council … … … … 60 4.0 Epsom Rural District Council … … … … … 91 3.0 Godstone Rural District Council … … … … 198 3.0 sideration to any proposal to that effect that may be put forward by the London County Council, whose contributions are an indispensable factor.