§ Sir T. Mooreasked the Minister of Transport whether any steps have been taken to ensure that all highway authorities throughout the country will have 214W made adequate preparations before the winter to provide for the ample gritting of danger spots following the onset of frosty weather; and whether arrangements have been made for the roads to be gritted immediately the surfaces become dangerous.
§ Mr. CallaghanDiscussions on this subject have taken place with the highway authorities, who are fully alive to the importance of gritting road surfaces at an early stage. Arrangements are being made for the necessary supplies of gritting material to be made available.