§ 39. Mr. Spriggsasked the Secretary of State for Transport if, in his legislative proposals for change in local government organisation, he will seek to provide for the old county boroughs now designated as metropolitan county district councils, or borough councils, to take over the responsibility entirely for highway functions.
§ Mr. William RodgersNo. For the reasons given in the White Paper on Organic Change (Cmnd. 7457) the Government are proposing that responsibility for highways should remain with the county.