HC Deb 14 March 1985 vol 75 c202W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he has any plans to increase speed limits from 70 to 80 miles per hour.

Mrs. Chalker

The Transport Committee in its report on road safety recommended that the motorway speed limit should be raised to 80 mph for a trial period. I shall give my views on this particular recommendation, when I respond to its report as a whole, which I shall be doing as soon as possible.