§ Mr. Cockeramasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he is aware that Great Britain has 13 miles of motorway per million population and that of the 10 leading European countries Great Britain has the lowest mileage by this method of comparison; and what action he proposes to take to redress the position.
§ Mr. Michael HeseltineOn 1st March, 1972, Great Britain had approximately 19 miles of motorway per million population. The size of a country's total population is only one of the many factors and by no means necessarily the mast important which have to be taken into account in planning a national motorway and trunk road network.