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Highway Inquiry Procedures

Volume 962: debated on Wednesday 14 February 1979

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asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether new information on the dangers to health from vehicular lead emissions constitutes grounds for the re-examination of a pro- posed road scheme as set out in paragraph 10 of his White Paper on highway inquiry procedures.

No. If it were shown that the amount of lead emitted from vehicles was a danger to health we would need to consider urgently the implications for road traffic generally, rather than for individual schemes for new roads.