HC Deb 01 December 1959 vol 614 c108W
44. Mr. Hendry

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will instruct his road surveyors to replace the road signs inscribed "Lay-by" with others inscribed "Halting place", or some other grammatical wording with a similar meaning.

Mr. N. Macpherson

No. The word appears in the Shorter Oxford Dictionary and has been given statutory blessing by Parliament in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1957.