§ 55. Mr. Kimballasked the Minister of Transport what is her policy towards the comments on manpower for road construction in the second report of the working party under Mr. J. A. Lofthouse, paragraph 3(8); and to what extent the main limitation on the roads programme is due to the failure to provide adequate finance.
§ Mrs. CastleI have noted the comments of the Lofthouse Working Party to which the hon. Member refers but I am concerned to see that available manpower of all kinds is deployed to the best advantage. This is one reason why I am setting up the new Road Construction Units. The main factor determining the size of the road programme is the proportion of national resources, bearing in mind the main other claims upon them, which can be devoted to roads.