HC Deb 18 March 1996 vol 274 c44W
Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the relationship between economic growth and traffic growth; and what assessment he has made of changes in that relationship in the future. [21135]

Mr. Norris

Road traffic levels have in the past been driven largely by economic growth. Any significant change in that relationship would have to flow from major changes in present policies, lifestyles and industrial practices.