§ Rear-Admiral BEAMISHasked the Minister of Transport whether he intends taking any action with regard to the complaints he has received from urban authorities in regard to the cost of maintenance of the roads in their areas due to the damage done to them by heavy transport vehicles, from which the said authorities receive no revenue?
§ Mr. HERBERT MORRISONI have pointed out to the urban authorities from whom I have received representations that no local authority derives any revenue directly from motor vehicles of any kind, and that on the other hand every local authority, including urban districts, will participate in the general Exchequer grant payable as from 1st April next, to which a substantial contribution is to be made from the Road Fund. Part IV of the Fourth Schedule to the Local Government Act, 1929, provides that the amount to be allocated to an urban district under Rule 1 of that Part of the Schedule per head of the population shall be five times the corresponding amount to be allocated to rural districts, and I understand that in fixing this ratio 1529W regards was had to the responsibilites of urban district councils for the maintenance of unclassified roads in their areas.