HL Deb 22 March 1976 vol 369 c532WA
The Earl of PERTH

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How much land will be taken up by motorway and trunk road building during the next ten years.

Baroness BIRK

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Environment estimates that approximately 17,000 acres of land in rural areas of England will be taken by motorway and trunk road building over the next ten years.