§ Sir ARCHIBALD WILLIAMSONasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been drawn to the complaints of the county councils of the North of Scotland that the funds of the Road Board are not available to mitigate the burden of increasing rates caused by motor-traffic; whether he is aware that these rates have already become oppressive in these Northern counties; and whether it is the intention of the Government to introduce legislation to extend the powers of the Road Board with regard to Grants, or to take over the maintenance of the main roads of the Kingdom as in France?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe answer to the first part of my hon. Friend's question is in the affirmative. Pending the Report of the Committee on Imperial and Local Taxation, I am not in a position to make a statement as to the Government's intentions with regard to the legislation which he suggests.