§ Mr. MacArthurasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the growing traffic congestion in Perth; what study he has made of the likely increase in traffic through Perth as work progresses on the motorway between the Forth Road Bridge and Perth; and if he will give the Perth city by-pass a higher priority in the long-term road programme.
§ Mr. RossThe special transport/land use survey now being carried out in 447W Perth should produce, about the end of this year, exhaustive information about the movement, volume and growth of traffic. When this information is assessed the priority accorded to the by-pass will be considered again.