§ Viscount LYMINGTONasked the Minister of Transport whether he has considered the representation sent to him from the Rural District Councils' Association that in all future improvements and widenings to classified roads the principle should be adopted, as in many other countries, of providing a metalled track suitable for motor traffic with 8 to 10 feet of gravelled roadway on one or both sides suitable for horses and horse-drawn vehicles; and whether he is prepared to give effect to this suggestion?
§ Mr. HERBERT MORRISONI cannot trace any such representation from the Rural District Councils' Association as that to which the hon. Member refers. It is the aim of my Department to secure the provision of carriageways which will be suitable for use both by horse-drawn and mechanically-propelled vehicles, without incurring the largely increased expense of providing separate tracks.