HC Deb 06 April 1960 vol 621 cc56-7W
Mr. Tilney

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what Federal Nigerian Public Works Department plant and equipment have been withdrawn from the Southern Cameroons; and what effect this will have on the Kumba-Mamfe road.

Mr. Iain Macleod

The following Federal Nigerian Public Works Department plant was withdrawn from the Southern Cameroons in the period August, 1959, to January, 1960:

1 Pneumatic wheel roller.
1 Front loading shovel.
1 motor grader.
4 Stone crushers.
3 Stone granulators.
18 Bedford tipping lorries.

No recent instructions have been given for further plant to be withdrawn. All funds allocated to this road in the 1959–60 Budget had been spent by the 30th November.