LORD METHUENasked Her Majesty's Government if they will instruct the Reading Corporation to remove the 1070WA girders under the Bridge Street bridge in Reading, which obstructs the navigation of the Kennet and Avon canal.
§ THE JOINT PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT (LORD CHESHAM)Her Majesty's Government have no powers to instruct the Reading County Borough Council in this matter.
House adjourned at twenty-eight minutes before seven o'clock.