§ 32. Mr. Martenasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the motorways programme 560W following the publication of the Government's White Paper Public Expenditure, with particular reference to the M40 extension.
§ Mr. MarksNo. The national road programme will be one of the subjects covered in the consultation paper on transport policy which my right hon. Friend plans to publish shortly. So far as concerns the M40, I have nothing to add to the answer given to the hon. Member for Mid-Oxon (Mr. Hurd) on 3rd March.—[Vol. 906, c.607.]