§ Mr. SMITHERSasked the Minister of Transport what steps are taken by his Department to verify assurances by local authorities that negotiations and discussions have taken place with all interested owners before the routes of new traffic roads are defined?
§ Mr. HERBERT MORRISONSuch assurances, given by the responsible officers of local authorities, would be accepted without verification.
§ Mr. SMITHERSasked the Minister of Transport what steps were taken by his Department to ascertain that all interested owners were consulted before the new traffic road through the Park Langley Estate, West Wickham, was diverted from its original line?
§ Mr. MORRISONIt is not the function of my Department to ascertain the views of interested owners of land in the case of roads the construction of which forms part of a town planning scheme. I would refer the hon. Member to my answers to 2451W his previous questions and to the letter which I addressed to him on 14th February.