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Sir T. Kitson
asked the Secretary of State for Transport when it is intended to start work on the Bowes bypass on the A66; and, in view of the local newspaper strike, how many weeks delay has been caused in view of the fact that his Department was unable to publish the draft order.
Mr. Horam
If the statutory processes are completed satisfactorily a start could be made to work on the A66 Bowes Bypass early in 1979. This, of course,
| PERCENTAGE OF TONNAGE CARRIED | ||||||||
| Mode of Transport | ||||||||
| Country | Year | Road | Rail | Coastal Shipping | Air | Other* | Total | |
| United Kingdom | … | 1965 | 83† | 12† | 3·1 | 0·02 | 2 | 100 |
| 1970 | 83† | 11† | 3·0 | 0·03 | 3 | 100 | ||
| 1975 | 85† | 11† | 2·7 | 0·04 | 3 | 100 | ||
| 1976 | 84† | 10† | 2·8 | .. | 3 | 100 | ||
| West Germany | … | 1965 | 75 | 14 | 0·1 | 0·01 | 11 | 100 |
| 1970 | 76 | 13 | 0·1 | 0·01 | 11 | 100 | ||
| 1975 | 77 | 12 | 0·1 | 0·02 | 11 | 100 | ||
| France | … | 1965 | 76 | 16 | 0·5 | 0·02 | 8 | 100 |
| 1970 | 77 | 13 | 0·6 | 0·02 | 9 | 100 | ||
| 1975 | 77 | 12 | 0·8 | 0·03 | 10 | 100 | ||
| Belgium | … | l965 | 63 | 17 | 0 | 0·02 | 19 | 100 |
| 1970 | 67 | 14 | 0 | 0·03 | 18 | 100 | ||
| 1975 | 69 | 11 | 0 | 0·04 | 20 | 100 | ||
| Netherlands | … | l965 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 0·02 | 38 | 100 |
| 1970 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 0·03 | 41 | 100 | ||
| 1975 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 0·04 | 39 | 100 | ||
| * Inland waterways and pipelines. | ||||||||
| † Excluding Northern Ireland traffic. Except for sea transport, the figures include internal freight and goods received from or despatched to foreign countries. Some goods which are transhipped from one mode to another are double-counted. | ||||||||