Mr. GreshamCooke asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether, in view of the fact that he has notified the County Councils Association of the way in which he intends to allocate road grants and that he has notified the respective highway authorities as to what they may expect, he will now make this information available to the public.
§ Mr. NugentWe have invited highway authorities to prepare a number of schemes in the reasonable hope that we may be able to authorise them within the next three or four years, and we have notified the County Councils Association of these invitations in broad outline. We have made it clear that this arrangement does not constitute a promise of grant in any particular year but is made to facilitate forward preparation of schemes. I do not think it would be desirable to make them public at this stage.