§ 115. Mr. Boothasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will publish a list of those boroughs and urban districts from which he is removing responsibilities for road safety after 1st April, 1972, and state in what way their carrying out of these responsibilities has been unsatisfactory.
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§ Mr. Eldon GriffithsExemption from paying the county road safety precept has been withdrawn from 135 non-county borough and urban district councils.
These exemptions were withdrawn because the arrangements which the
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County Non-county Boroughs Urban District Councils Berkshire Abingdon Newbury Wokingham Cumberland Whitehaven Keswick Penrith Durham Durham Seaham Blaydon Barnard Castle Consett Bishop Auckland Shildon Hetton Brandon and Byshottles Stanley Felling Washington Houghton-le-Spring Ryton Spennymoor Whickham Crook and Willington Hertfordshire Hertford Baldock Sawbridgeworth Potters Bar Hitchin Berkhamsted Harpenden Rickmansworth Royston Tring Ware Welwyn Garden City Chorleywood Hoddesdon Kent Tenterden Sittingbourne and Milton Rochester Hythe Chatham Faversham Queenborough-in-Sheppey Lancashire Nelson Carnforth Heywood Adlington Colne Pressall Clitheroe Longridge Chorley Wardle Morecambe and Heysham Milnrow Lancaster Kirkham Leigh Westhoughton Fleetwood Chadderton Middleton Golborne Redcliffe Leyland Darwen Ormskirk Prestwich Newton-le-Willows Tyldesley Billinge and Winstanley Padiham Tottington Atherton Prescot Crompton Thornton Cleveleys Littleborough Hindley Whitworth councils had made or were proposing to make were not as good as those the county council were willing to make.
Following is the list:
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County Non-county Boroughs Urban District Councils Whitefield Ramsbottom Poulton-le-Fylde Ulverston Lincolnshire (Holland) Boston Lincolnshire (Kesteven) Grantham Bourne Stamford Sleaford Lincolnshire (Lindsey) Cleethorpes Horncastle Barton-upon-Humber Skegness Mablethorpe and Sutton Alford Northumberland Blyth Oxfordshire Chipping Norton Thame Woodstock Bicester Somerset Glastonbury Wells Chard Keynsham Norton-Radstock Wellington (Somerset) Burnham-on-Sea Portishead Shepton Mallet Watchet Frome Street Staffordshire Tamworth Kidsgrove Stafford Biddulph Lichfield Leek Uttoxeter Stone West Suffolk Bury St. Edmunds Sudbury East Sussex Hove Portslade-by-Sea Worcestershire Evesham Stourport-on-Severn Yorkshire (East Riding) Hedon Driffield Beverley Withernsea Bridlington Hornsea Haltemprice Filey