HC Deb 21 June 1967 vol 748 c283W
61. Mr. Kimball

asked the Minister of Transport, in view of the fact that there has been a 4.3 per cent. reduction in her rate support grant calculations for 1967–68, what proposals she has for ensuring further expansion of the road programme.

Mr. John Morris

In fact, the rate support grant calculations for 1967–68 assumed that, in England, capital expenditure on new highway construction and major improvement by local authorities would show an increase of 38 per cent. over 1966–67.