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factories and of the finished products ' to other parts of the country, with a consequential saving in costs."
Another north-east Member. Mr. Paul Williams, undertook immediate consultations with technicians and the Tyne Improvement Commission to see whether it would be possible to adopt the proposed scheme for the Firth of Forth-a tube just above the'river bed, instead of a tunnel under it.
Mr. Edward Short (Lab., C. Newcastle) is taking part in the ballot for an adjournment debate at which he can deplore the failure to include the Tyne tunnel-which still has to await the completion of the Whiteinch tunnel.
Tolls had a mixed reception, but some members took the view that they were a reasonable method of reclaiming some of the money spent on tunnels and bridges. One Member even went so far as to favour a special organization of interested local authorities to be established with borrowing powers to carry through some project like the Tyne tunnel, with the right to charge tolls.