Oral Answers to Questions — Roads – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 8 Ebrill 1964.
Mr Simon Digby
, West Dorset
12:00,
8 Ebrill 1964
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will conduct an experiment into the segregation of similar types of road vehicles on a given stretch of road by excluding other types.
Mr Ernest Marples
, Wallasey
This idea is attractive, but putting it into practice poses formidable questions of safety and other traffic problems. I am exploring the possibility in London of segregation to give priority to buses in addition to the priority already given by exemption from some right turn bans.
Mr Simon Digby
, West Dorset
Is it not a fact that one of the reasons for the congestion is the mixing of vehicles of different speeds on our roads? Since my right hon. Friend will not enforce a minimum speed limit, does not this seem to be a way of tackling this problem, as has been done successfully in countries like Sweden?
Mr Ernest Marples
, Wallasey
Separate carriageways for different classes of vehicles which would provide for overtaking would involve extremely wide and expensive roads. While, in theory, this proposition sounds attractive, when we get down to the details of the matter it becomes very formidable indeed.
Ministers make up the Government and almost all are members of the House of Lords or the House of Commons. There are three main types of Minister. Departmental Ministers are in charge of Government Departments. The Government is divided into different Departments which have responsibilities for different areas. For example the Treasury is in charge of Government spending. Departmental Ministers in the Cabinet are generally called 'Secretary of State' but some have special titles such as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ministers of State and Junior Ministers assist the ministers in charge of the department. They normally have responsibility for a particular area within the department and are sometimes given a title that reflects this - for example Minister of Transport.
