Orders of the Day — Roads (Greater Manchester)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 10:23 pm on 4 March 1991.

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Photo of Mr Terry Lewis Mr Terry Lewis , Worsley 10:23, 4 March 1991

Does not the Minister accept that 33 organisations—not just local authorities—were consulted? That is significant because some of us know where the leaks came from, and they did not come from local authorities. Does not the Minister also accept that as soon as "Roads for Prosperity" was understood—followed by a report on roads that gave more detail about it—whole districts became blighted? In my constituency, Worsley village became totally blighted because those two documents could be interpreted only as sending a brand new motorway through a small area that was already well and truly covered by motorways. Does not the Minister accept that proposition?