§ Mr. Simon Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Transport what plans she now has for reallocating the work currently undertaken by the GLC cycling project team and what will happen to the work of the team between May 1985 and May 1986.
§ Mrs. Chalker[pursuant to the reply, 4 June 1984, c. 51]: In our consultation paper on the reallocation of transport responsibilities in London we proposed that responsibility for all local traffic matters, including cycling, should pass to the boroughs. We also recognised that certain issues, including cycling, might benefit from shared expertise and voluntary joint arrangements. This proposed reallocation of responsibility is not planned to take place until April 1986, and the GLC will retain responsibility for work on cycling until then.