A74—M74 (Hansard, 28 July 1980)

§ Mr. Donald Stewart
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what would be
572W
were the comparable figures in each of the previous 20 years.

Mr. Ritkind
The figures for the numbers of murders made known to the police and the numbers of persons against whom these crimes were proved for each year from 1959 to 1979 are set out in the following table.
the capital cost of fully lighting the remaining unlit stretches of the A74-M74: and what would be the capital cost of completing the erection of a central barrier on this road.

§ Mr. Younger
If it were decided that such work was cost-effective and technically feasible, the estimated costs at November 1979 prices would be at least—

£m

1. Fully lighting the remaining unlit stretches of the A74/M74 trunk road in Scotland 4–0

2. Completing the erection of a central barrier on the A74/M74 trunk road in Scotland 2–0

	£m
1. Fully lighting the remaining unlit stretches of the A74/M74 trunk road in Scotland	4–0
2. Completing the erection of a central barrier on the A74/M74 trunk road in Scotland	2–0