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Heavy Lorries (Overnight Parking)

Volume 657: debated on Wednesday 4 April 1962

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51.

asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the increasing nuisance and distress being caused to the inhabitants of Islington and elsewhere through the excessive overnight parking of heavy lorries in residential streets and squares; what progress has been made by the working party he appointed to study this problem; and if he will make a statement.

We are aware of the situation in Islington. There, as elsewhere, the problems of overnight parking of lorries are not easy to solve. But I hope that the results of the study by my right hon. Friend's Department of the problem in Bermondsey and Lambeth will be available before long. They should serve as a guide to action elsewhere.

57.

asked the Minister of Transport when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Brixton, dated 14th February last, complaining of the nuisance caused to inhabitants of Brixton by the overnight parking of heavy lorries in residential streets.