§ Mr. Murphyasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will introduce statutory lorry routes.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe Government are very conscious of the nuisance caused by lorries, and will continue with a range of initiatives to reduce it. County councils have wide powers to keep lorries out of sensitive areas, but I doubt if a system of mandatory routes would be practicable. This view was endorsed by the Armitage report.