There have in the past been a number of proposals for improving the traffic flow at the Victoria Gate, but I assume that my hon. Friend is referring to the scheme to widen the road which was announced by my hon. Friend the Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation on 12th November, in reply to a Question by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Poole (Capt. Pilkington). This will provide for two lanes of traffic instead of one as at present. The proposal was put to me in September, 1958, and I hope that work will start in the spring.