§ Mr. Hoosonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will consider the provision of bilingual road signs with the Welsh place name being set in a different background, i.e., red or green, and the English place name against a different background, i.e., black or white, so as to 22W reduce the need to consider the safety factor involved in putting Welsh place names on top.
§ Mr. John MorrisExperiments by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory have failed to show that different colour systems would reduce the difference in reading time when Welsh is put on top. A system of different colour combinations is already used to distinguish classes of sign, and further variations would lead to confusion.