§ 61. Miss Vickersasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give permission for the borrowing by the Plymouth City Council and the Cornwall County Council of the moneys required to enable the Tamar Bridge Joint Committee to start work this spring on the construction of the bridge, so as to enable communications to be improved, and help unemployment and the encouragement of new industry in the south-west.
§ 66. Mr. Haymanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will grant permssion to the Tamar Bridge Joint Committee to borrow the necessary moneys to enable construction work on the bridge to proceed without delay.
§ Mr. SimonMy right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer is at present considering with my right hon. Friend the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation proposals by the Tamar Bridge Joint Committee for a starting date for the construction of this project. Until that is settled, the question of borrowing consent does not arise.