§ Major Procterasked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the opinion of local interests that the Liverpool-Hull trunk route through Selby could be made quite adequate for present traffic requirements and requirements in the immediate future, by the expenditure of less than £200,000 on the widening of approaches to the present bridge over the River Ouse, and the construction of a new and wider bridge on the same site; and whether, in view of the fact that the adoption of this scheme in preference to that recommended by Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners would result in a saving of some £800,000, which could be used to improve roads elsewhere, he will take no action in the matter until the full survey of the Liverpool-Hull trunk road is completed.
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§ Mr. BurginI must not be taken as accepting the assumptions on which this question is based, but, after considering the report of the local inquiry held in July, I have decided to suspend action on the proposed Order until I have had a further opportunity of examining alternative routes.