§ Mr. Patrick Thompsonasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will now give a higher priority to the conversion to dual carriageway of the A11 road in Norfolk.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThere are a number of schemes in the trunk road programme for improving the A11 between Newmarket and Norwich. Where they can be economically justified, dual carriageways will be provided. Also, as I undertook in replying to the Adjournment debate on 6 November, at columns 97–104, initiated by my hon. Friend the Member for Mid-Norfolk (Mr. Ryder), those336W stretches for which there are no schemes in the road programme will be examined to see whether there is a case for a limited length of dualling which can prevent a build-up of long platoons of slow-moving traffic.