§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for Transport when he proposes to reply to the letter dated 27 February from the hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury on vehicles abandoned on the roads; and why there has been a delay.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe hon. Member's letter was a covering letter enclosing an informal paper prepared within the London borough of Islington which proposes novel solutions to a complex problem and asking for my Department's response. I have been having the proposals studied in detail together with other possibilities. The chief executive of the London borough of Islington also sent my officials a copy of the paper. My officials have invited him to an informal discussion. When our discussions and studies are complete, I will write with my own views to the hon. Member. I regret that the hon. Member has not received an interim reply explaining the work that would have to be done to propose the detailed response that his letter and the paper deserve.