HC Deb 26 July 1968 vol 769 cc285-6W
Mr. Gregor Mackenzie

asked the Minister of Transport what arrangements he is making to assess research needs in the field of transport.

Mr. Marsh

Advice is already available to me from the Advisory Council on Road Research and various other bodies, but with the widening scope and increased importance of research on transport I feel the need for more com- prehensive arrangements. I am therefore in consultation with my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales with a view to setting up a new central body to advise on transport research matters generally. Consultations about this body are nearly complete and I expect to make an announcement shortly