§ Mr. TAYLORasked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that an offer of £90.000 for the Gainsborough toll bridge made by the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire County Councils and the Gainsborough Urban District Council has been refused; that this bridge was built in 1787 at a cost of £12,000 and 2836W whether, in view of this profiteering and the public inconvenience of a toll bridge on a main road, he will take compulsory powers to effect the transfer as extortion or make a substantial grant towards the erection of a new bridge?
§ Colonel ASHLEYWhile I am aware that negotiations have been proceeding for the freeing of this toll bridge, I am not at present in a position to express an opinion upon the terms, or to commit myself to a grant from the Road Fund.