acing an iliegai ad 
t proud of that - but Pd do it
vid Crouchmow concedes the
eance of the demonstrations.
LP. can make as much noise
kes in Parliament, but he must
: to show that his constituents
icerned and angry, too. Here
l a responsible pressure group
ed to stand up for its rights.”
tannott be wholly coincidence
ie tough talking of October
ras followed within weeks by
nouncement of a provisional
by—-pass route. But as many
,- groups know to their cost, a
ent of intent ' can be years»
irom reality and for the A2
, 1973 was a year for turning
nto action. “We couldn’t have
i
as
§t without our M.P., Lewis
 “An M.P. can put down
tentary -questions in the House
f tome cannot be ignored.
 Croueh put down question
loestion, debate after debate,
l r behalf. That’ s what gets
\- private individuals writing
lto nameless ofiicials can’t get
in that way.” ' _ _
[July ’7 3 Crouch forced an
ument debate on the A2 prob-
id brought Lewis and Pur-
o the Commons to meet Keith
y then Under- Secretary of
for the Environment over in-
  in the members’ bar.
irobably achieved more at that
gg  through any -other
-in om go,” says Lewis.
blllowg month the by-pass
 Fmed,   three
  villagers outside
  Harrow were handing
L    beer to the
iomi a  refiigerator truck -
Ipt  to Bridge.
  hr-er the entire village
Lukas  for ta By-Pass
illa, :a=.  to mark the end
Law, the  and the dirt,
E‘  oi vilhge life. “Bridge
frame got im by-mss without
éhy"  and Lewis, prag-
iijgt". “Est  ? Thoiwds of
 mo:  ped,
med   What
Te done is to get our by-pass on
tle; without the pressure it
f have been years away. Our
1asn’t been against the trucks
;11"uck drivers, but against the
iities who have failed to provide
ads for them to travel on.” L
wis and Purchese are now%-)-
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