§ Mr. Stanleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what allocation is being made for expenditure on Department of the Environment and local authority road schemes in the financial year 1974–75; and how these compare with the allocations made by the previous Government.
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§ Mr. CarmichaelMy right hon. Friend proposes making a small reduction for 1974–75 to the allocation for motorways and trunk roads set out in Public Expenditure to 1977–78 (Cmnd. 5519) as modified by the reductions announced by the then Chancellor on 17th December 1973 in view of need expressed in the Budget Statement to make savings in public expenditure wherever possible.