§ 17. Mr. Edwin Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will ensure that future expenditure on roads represents a greater proportion of receipts from all forms of vehicle taxation.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeSpending on roads will continue at as high a level as the country can afford. As the income from vehicle taxation is not related to road expenditure, the question of allocating a proportion does not arise.
§ 41. Mr. Fitchasked the Secretary of State for Transport by how much the cash budget for motorway and trunk road construction in 1982–83 has been reduced from the level previously planned.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThirty million pounds. Much of our spending in 1982–83 will, however, be on contracts let in 1981 at prices substantially lower than expected, so we will still be able to achieve our planned construction programme within the revised cash budget.