HC Deb 24 May 2000 vol 350 cc547-8W
11. Mr. Öpik

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what progress he has made in securing agreement to an upgrading of the A483 north-south Wales road in the mid-Wales and North Shropshire area. [122187]

Mr. Paul Murphy

As the hon. Member is aware, the improvement of Welsh trunk roads is a matter for bilateral discussion between the National Assembly for Wales and the lead Whitehall department in cases such as this where decisions affect communities on the English-Welsh border. I have, however, raised this issue with the First Secretary and written to my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.