asked the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made on the research into alternative routes for the Evesham bypass currently being prepared for the consultation process.
exhibitions in Chicago, Los Angeles, Malmo, Belgrade and Tokyo. In addition, the Department provides considerable help to exporters of vehicles other than cars, and of components and accessories. For example, we expect in 1979 to support accessory exporters at another eight international exhibitions, and, in addition, special help is given to manufacturers of mechanical components in identifying and following up European sales opportunities.
Reasonable progress is being made towards the identification of alternative viable routes for this bypass. There is still much to be done to ensure that sufficient information on possible routes and their likely effect on the environment will be available to the public when they are invited to give their views as part of the consultation process.