§ Sir E. ILIFFEasked the Minister of Transport whether he has invited the London and Home Counties Traffic and 2245W Advisory Committee to report to him on the proposal of the London County Council to take down the present Waterloo bridge and build a new bridge with not more than five arches over the river, and of a width sufficient to take six lines of vehicular traffic, subject to the provision of a subway underneath the Strand; and, if so, whether he will lay the Report of the Committee upon the Table of the House?
§ Colonel ASHLEYI have asked the Committee to consider the question of Waterloo Bridge from a traffic point of view. They have been and still are in consultation with the London County Council upon this subject. I understand that the London County Council are awaiting further information from interests in favour of the preservation of the existing bridge before arriving at a decision, and it is accordingly premature for the Committee to report.