§ 53. Mr. Shepherdasked the Minister of Transport what is the average time his Department takes to consider development plans submitted to it in respect of private developments.
§ Mr. MarplesPreparation of full statistics giving the information required would involve a disproportionate amount of labour, but a check for the county containing the hon. Member's constituency gives an average of 21 days for 132 applications referred to my Divisional Road Engineer over a recent period of 3 months.