§ 19. Mr. Sorensenasked the Minister of Transport what consultations he has had with local authorities and the Metropolitan Police in respect of parking places near suburban and outer-suburban tube stations, particularly in view of the necessity for these parking places being available in order to reduce the number of cars travelling into the Central London area.
§ Mr. MarplesThe London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee, which includes representatives of police forces in the London Traffic Area, has consulted local authorities on the appointment of long-term street parking places sited so as to encourage commuters to use public transport rather than take their cars into Central London. I have since approved a proposal by the Committee that it should work out an experimental pilot scheme, and I expect shortly to receive detailed proposals.
The capacity of car parks at suburban railway and tube stations will shortly be increased to take a total of some 9,500 cars.