§ Mr. Gwynoro Jonesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the percentage relationship to the previous year in the number of miles of motorway completed in Great Britain in each year from 1960 to 1971.
§ Mr. SpeedFollowing are the mileages of motorway newly opened to traffic in each year:
1959 … … … … 73 1960 … … … … 39 1961 … … … … 22 1962 … … … … 49 1963 … … … … 95 1964 … … … … 14 1965 … … … … 76 1966 … … … … 63 1967 … … … … 106 1968 … … … … 49 1969 … … … … 56 1970 … … … … 114 1971 … … … … 232 I see no value in expressing figures of this type as percentage relationships.