§ Mr. Clive Bossomasked the Minister of Transport if, in view of the shortage of qualified traffic engineers, he will encourage local authorities to follow the 178W example of the Greater London Council and retain officers on full salary while they attend university post-graduate courses in traffic engineering by making a grant towards the cost.
§ Mr. MarplesI welcome this initiative by the Greater London Council. I hope that more local authorities will see their way to making similar arrangements.
But I do not think that my grants should be directed towards the cost of staff training which I consider to be properly a matter for local authorities.