§ 63. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much money he proposes to spend on construction and improvement of roads in the current financial year; and how this sum compares with the equivalent allocation for each of the last five years.
§ Dr. Dickson MabonCentral Government expenditure on Scottish roads is expected to be £33.8 million in the current financial year. In 1964–65 it was £17 million; in 1965–66 £21.3 million; in 1966–67 £24.7 million; in 1967–68 £30 million and in 1968–69, provisionally, £31.3 million.