§ Miss Maynardasked the Secretary of State for Transport what organisation is proposed for dealing with motorway maintenance in metropolitan county areas when the specialist teams now operating in each metropolitan county are disbanded with the abolition of those county councils.
§ Mrs. ChalkerWe are evaluating comments on the consultative paper of October 1983 and will soon be considering the options for the future management of maintenance on stretches of motorway running through metropolitan county areas.