§ 34. Sir David Rentonasked the Secretary of State for Transport what advice on road safety he gives to local authorities in circumstances in which there is a road adjacent to a waterway into which vehicles plunge from time to time, causing death.
§ Mr. HoramNo specific advice has been issued. I think this is a matter best left to the discretion of local highway authorities, who are free to erect warning signs and safety fences.
§ 51. Mr. Macfarlaneasked the Secretary of State for Transport why he did not include a statement on road safety in the transport White Paper.
§ Mr. William RodgersI refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for Ashfield (Mr. Smith) earlier today.