§ Mr. FormanTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement about the impact of red routes on small retail businesses along such routes. [33616]
§ Mr. NorrisI am determined that the needs of local businesses are considered fully before red routes are introduced. The Traffic Director for London, who is responsible for co-ordinating the introduction of the red route network, gives full consideration to how these needs can best be met. The traffic director monitors the effects of red routes on businesses and his executive summary of the first study, "Red Routes and Retailing", published in October 1995, has been placed in the Library.