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Mr. P. Noel-Baker
asked the Minister of Transport what estimate he has made of the congestion caused on the roads by large vehicles carrying coal, particularly in the Midlands.
Mr. Hay
We have no precise estimate of the volume of coal carried by road, but coal-carrying vehicles still form a very small proportion of the traffic on roads.