HC Deb 21 December 1955 vol 547 cc324-5W
62. Mr. John MacLeod

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what modern snow-clearing equipment his Department has stationed in the Highland area to deal with severe snowstorms.

Mr. Molson

The Ministry-owned snow clearing equipment stationed in the eleven northerly counties for use primarily on trunk roads, is as follows:

Mack lorries fitted highwing snow ploughs 14
Heavy ploughs not fitted to lorries 1
Bulldozers 2
Smaller ploughs 40

The counties provide additional equipment themselves for non-trunk roads.