asked the Minister of Transport what are his proposals for the A.64 in connection with the construction of a by-pass road at Tadcaster.

A line for the by-pass is shown on the approved development plan.

There are many more urgently needed improvements awaiting a place in the roads programme and I am afraid it will be some years before this scheme can be included.

Could my hon. Friend give a rather closer interpretation of what he means by "some years"?

I do not think so. I should like to help my hon. and gallant Friend, but I am afraid I cannot do so. There are a great many more urgently required schemes than this, but it is something which will require to be done eventually.

Is the hon. Gentleman aware that there is great resentment in the area of the hon. and gallant Member for Barkston Ash (Sir L. Ropner), and in my area, that there is far too much Ministry of Transport concentration on trunk roads and main roads and not enough on the hinterland, particularly on roads leading to the ports from the main roads on which the right hon. Member has concentrated?

I quite understand that, but the policy of my right hon. Friend is to deal with industrial roads first. I think he is right, and everyone in this House agrees that he has got his priorities right.