asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has made to link the north end of the Tay Road Bridge with Aberdeen and the north by means of a motorway or four-lane trunk road.

I would refer the hon. Member to the answer which my right hon. Friend gave to the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr. Grimond) on 9th March.

Does not the hon. Gentleman agree that if plans for this type of road are not made now, we shall not get such a road until 1980, and that if the liner train terminus is to be at Aberdeen, the North-East will suffer from a lack of proper communication?

I do not agree with the first part of the hon. Gentleman's question. As my right hon. Friend said on 9th March, in the development of these roads we have to give priority to modernising to dual carriageway standards the roads in Scotland which carry the heaviest volume of traffic.

Does not the hon. Gentleman agree that it is much more necessary to pay attention to the roads between the Forth Bridge and the Tay Bridge now, because those are the roads carrying much the biggest volume of traffic?

That, too, is a different question.