§ 37. Mr. Fitchasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is his policy towards the recommendations of the Armitage report, paragraph 208, that the expenditure on road building and its share of total public spending should be increased; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Fryasked the Secretary of State for Transport in view of his intention to implement the fiscal proposals of the Armitage report immediately, whether he intends to take the remainder of the report's recommendations as a package or implement them piecemeal.
§ Mr. Marlandasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will examine the possibility of classifying certain roads as comprising the only class of roads which may be used by 44-ton lorries, in the event of such lorries being legalised for use in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. FowlerI refer the hon. Member and my hon. Friends to my answer to the hon. Members for Carlisle (Mr. Lewis) and for Swansea, East (Mr. Anderson), and to my hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge (Mr. Shersby) earlier today.