asked the Prime Minister if he will take steps, by legislation or otherwise, to appoint an additional Minister to the Ministry of Transport with the special duties of integrating and developing transport services in the Greater London area.

No, Sir. When I recommended that there be two Parliamentary Secretaries in the Commons I specifically had it in mind that one of them would be able to devote a great deal of his time to handling the traffic problems of our great conurbations, including London.