HC Deb 15 February 1982 vol 18 cc37-8W
Mr. Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he intends to take steps to implement the recommendations of the Rayner report entitled "Winter Maintenance of Trunk Roads and Motorways in England", and in particular, recommendation 11.7 which calls for a controlled experiment with a county council to compare prices of contractors and direct labour.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer, which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Mr. Morrison) on 27 October 1981.— [Vol. 10, c. 312.]

Mr. Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will place in the Library a copy of Sir Derek Rayner's report entitled "Winter Maintenance of Trunk Roads and Motorways in England", following the making available of a copy to the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Yes; I did so last October.