§ Mr. MacGregorasked the Secretary of State for Transport whether the changed criteria for the road programme set out in the Transport Policy White Paper will mean some reordering of the priorities for road construction schemes in the next few years as set out in the Official Report, 4th August 1976, c. 881; and if so what the process will be for undertaking this re-examination.
§ Mr. William RodgersMy Department will be guided in its proposals for trunk road improvements by the selective approach set out in the White Paper, and the Government's continuing priorities of support for industrial and regional policies and schemes for environmental importance. There will be a continuing process of reappraisal, and it will be some time before I can judge how the timings or composition of individual schemes will be affected.