§ Mr. CLARRYasked the Minister of Transport the approximate cost of research work at the National Physical Laboratory upon testing road-surfacing material; and whether any experiments on concrete-surfaced roads have been carried out and with what result?
§ Colonel ASHLEYThe total cost of tests on road-surfacing materials carried out by the National Physical Laboratory during the last 12 months amounted to approximately £100. This cost is covered by the fees charged. No experiments on concrete-surfaced roads have been carried out by the laboratory.
§ Colonel CLIFTON BROWNasked the Minister of Transport whether he has received any protest from representative agricultural bodies in Northumberland as to the manner in which roads are being constructed; and whether, in view of the fact that cruelty and harm is inflicted on live stock by the slippery surface, he will arrange that a certain area of each road shall be so constructed that live stock can be driven along in safety?
§ Colonel ASHLEYI received on the 9th instant the communication to which my hon. and gallant Friend refers and I am sending him a copy of the reply which I caused to be sent on the 14th instant.