HC Deb 25 January 1967 vol 739 cc269-70W
92. Mr. Kimball

asked the Minister of Transport what study she has made of the transport section of the First Annual Report of the Humberside and South Yorkshire Regional Development Board; and, in view of the fact that new trunk routes were announced by her predecessor in September, 1965, what is the reason for the delay in deciding on the line of the new motorways.

Mrs. Castle

I presume the hon. Gentleman is referring to the "Review of Yorkshire and Humberside" recently published by the Economic Planning Council and I would refer him to the Answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Goole (Mr. George Jeger) on 21st December, 1966.—[Vol. 738, c.335.]

The delay in deciding on the line of the new motorways has been due to the need to consider alternative proposals; in this connection I refer the hon. Gentleman to the Answer I have given today to the hon. Member for Haltemprice (Mr. Wall).