HC Deb 22 November 1954 vol 533 c96W
Sir A. Bossom

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will, to avoid the present delays and waste of time to all travellers caused by obstruction and bottlenecks created when repairs are undertaken to main thoroughfares, look into the possibility of requiring work on all such repairs, once started, to be carried on for the whole 24 hours of the day, so that work could be completed in about a third of the time now needed.

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

I will look into the question raised by my hon. Friend, but I would point out that, apart from my lack of powers to impose such a requirement, there are difficulties about 24-hour working, such as extra cost and interference with the peace of residents, which require careful consideration.