§ Dr. David Owenasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will confirm that the very peripheral route for the Plymouth ring road mentioned by the Under-Secretary of State for the Environment at a Press conference in Bristol on 23rd July 1971 was not that route which the Department of the Environment has presently proposed; and if he will give details of the very peripheral route that was envisaged in the preparation pool, prepared by the Department.
§ Mr. PeytonA peripheral route has never been favoured by the Department. A line related to the present draft orders has been protected by the local authorities for many years.