To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects a decision to be taken on Essex county council's highway committee's application of October 1988 to extend the 30 mph and 40 mph speed limit zones in Danbury; and if he will make a statement.

[holding answer 19 March 1990]: Following a protracted correspondence with Essex county council we now have all the information that we require. We expect to be able to process the application shortly.