§ Mr. David Watkinsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what proposals have been submitted to him by the Railways Board to electrify the main line from Bristol to York and to rebuild it where required to make it suitable throughout for high speed running ;
(2) what proposals have been submitted to him by the Railways Board for the electrification of the East Coast main line 216W a table showing how many people passed their driving test and how many failed one, two, three or more than four times for a convenient period during the last five years.
§ Mr. PeytonThis information is not available.
The numbers of L tests passed and failed were as follows :
Passed Failed '000 '000 1968 937 1,104 1969 798 912 1970 790 920 1971 742 846 1972 721 820
§ Mr. John Pageasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many applicants are at present waiting for driving tests by areas; and how this compares with the waiting lists over the last five years.
§ Mr. PeytonInformation about the number of people waiting to take driving tests is not available. The numbers of applications outstanding at the beginning of November in the last five years were as follows :
from London, King's Cross to Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Scotland.
§ Mr. PeytonNone, though I understand the board intends to do so in due course.
§ Mr. David Watkinsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what restrictions are placed upon the development or curtailment of the railway system in the United Kingdom by Common Market policies.
§ Mr. PeytonNone.