§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Minister of Transport whether he will increase, before next winter, the number of tracked vehicles in the Ministry pool of snow-clearing equipment.
§ Mr. MarshNo. There are no tracked vehicles in the Ministry's emergency reserve of snow-clearing vehicles and we have no plans to acquire any.
§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Minister of Transport whether, before next winter, he will move several self-propelled snow-blowers from the national pool at Hendon, Middlesex, to be kept at a depot north of the River Trent.
§ Mr. MarshNo. Ten of the 26 rotary snow ploughs in the national emergency reserve are already kept at depots north of the Trent. Our experience has not indicated that this distribution should be modified.