§ Mr. Martenasked the Attorney-General whether he proposes any alteration to the law whereby an objector to an order under the Highways Act, 1959, whose objection is successful cannot obtain costs from the Minister because he has no statutory authority to pay them.
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§ The Attorney-GeneralNo amendment of the law is required, since my right honourable Friend the Minister of Transport already has power to pay the costs of successful objectors. He proposes to follow the recently announced policy of the Government and to pay the costs of successful objectors where a public local inquiry has been held after 1st December, 1965.