§ Mr. Berryasked the Minister of Transport which roads in the United Kingdom, not classified as motorways, are built to a 277W standard classified as motorways in Europe; and with which European countries her Department makes this comparison.
§ Mr. SwinglerMotorways in Europe are built to varying standards but all are restricted to certain classes of traffic. The only roads in the United Kingdom so restricted are the motorways constructed under the powers of the Highways Act, 1959. If it were not for these traffic restrictions certain lengths of our major roads would be equivalent to some of the motorways in the principal countries of Europe, but the variations in standards abroad make it impossible to prepare a schedule.