Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 10 December 1996. It was answered by John Watts (Conservative) on Tuesday, 10 December 1996 on behalf of the Department of Transport.

Dept of Transport

Question: What recent assessment he has made of the advantages of trunking the A56. - Inc ref to the Green Paper "Transport: the Way Forward" April 1996, para 14.84.

Answer: Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the advantages of trunking the A56. [8193] Mr. Watts: I met the hon. Gentleman twice last year to discuss this and other issues; on 27 February in London and on 5 June on a visit to Lancashire and Yorkshire. The position has not changed since my letter to the hon. Gentleman of 25 April 1995, in which I said that I saw no reason for proceeding with trunking the A56--between Colne and the A59 near Skipton--outside of a more general review of the trunk road network. The Green Paper, "Transport: the Way Forward" published in April 1996 described our response to local authority proposals on the trunk road network, at paragraph 14.84.

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