§ Sir Irvine PatnickTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on his powers to ensure that defective street lighting, traffic lights and street furniture in urban and rural areas is repaired. [4538]
§ Mr. NorrisPowers and responsibility for carrying out repairs to street lighting and traffic lights lie with the relevant highway authority—that is, the Secretary of State on trunk roads and local authorities for work on other roads. The Secretary of State has no powers to require such repairs on roads for which he is not the highway authority.