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Mineral Deposits (Motorway Construction)

Volume 809: debated on Wednesday 20 January 1971

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asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his policy with regard to constructing motorways over land where there are valuable mineral deposits.

In evaluating alternative routes account is taken of the economic effects of different methods of dealing with such deposits or of avoiding them.