§ Mr. Kimballasked the Secretary of State for Transport if, in view of the fact that his refusal to start public consultations on the route for the Lincoln relief road in May 1978 vitiates the undertakings given to the Lincolnshire County Council by his Department, he will consider the Leitch Committee's recommendations at the same time as the scheme, rather than re-examining the scheme in the light of the report.
§ Mr. HoramBefore putting alternative routes to the public, we need to establish that they are sensible propositions from the engineering, economic and environmental points of view; in examining the alternatives we are following the recommendations of the Leitch Committee. The work is being carried out urgently, but further traffic information is being obtained and public consultation will not now take place before July.