HC Deb 23 January 1957 vol 563 c52W
92. Mr. Janner

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether, with a view to eliminating unnecessary delays in the completion of the road programme, he will allow greater freedom to highway authorities to proceed with their own plans for new works and improved works without long and elaborate inspection of those plans by his own surveyors.

Mr. Watkinson

Following the recommendations of the Local Government Manpower Committee in its 1949 Report, the examination of applications for grant by highway authorities has been reduced to the minimum consistent with my responsibilities to Parliament for the proper control of voted moneys.

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