§ Mr. Waltersasked the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to speed up progress on road schemes along the A303.
§ Mr. Michael Spicer[pursuant to the reply, 22 February 1985, c. 630]: There are in all eight schemes in the White Paper "Policy for Roads in England: 1983" main trunk road programme and reserve list. On one of these schemes, Andover to Thruxton, construction work began in April last year. The other seven schemes are progressing on target for work to start in the periods indicated in the White Paper. It is not practicable to advance these start dates which take into account the time required to carry out the statutory and other procedures.