The Ernest Marples Hour
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1/TR. ERNEST MARPLES had the 'VI whole of the question hour in the Commons to himself on his first appearance of the new Session of Parliament, writes our Parliamentary Correspondent.
He told Mr. Burden (C., Gillingham) that he was giving high priority to the improvement of A2, including a by-pass of Dartford and the Medway Towns by-pass. On the A20, when the Maidstone by-pass was complete, the next big scheme would be a by-pass of Swanley.
Mr. John Hay told Mr. Janner (Lab„ Leicester NW.) that• it is intended to install telephones similar to those in operation on MI on all major lengths of motorway. It is also intended to reconstruct all the grass hard shoulders on the London-Birmingham motorway except for the two miles of the Dunehurch by-pass.
Access to the MI
Mr. Marples told Lord Balniel (C., Hertford), who asked about plans for improving the access into London from the southern end of Ml, that he has recently authorized Middlesex County Council to accept a tender for the construction of the South Mimms by-pass.
Mr. Dodds (Lab., Erith) was told that it remained Government policy to charge tolls on certain very costly new bridge and tunnel projects where the present inconvenience to road users would be heavily outweighed by the value of the new facilities. For motorways it had been decided that the first part of the network would be toll-free.
There • was, Mr. MarpIes told Mr. Randall (Lab., Gateshead W.), no simple Or satisfactory solution to the problem of preventing accidents to children arising from the use of mobile shops. He would, however, review the position with the manufacturers and operators of these vehicles.