Orders of the Day — Technology

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 14 July 1965.

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Photo of Mr Frank Cousins Mr Frank Cousins , Nuneaton 12:00, 14 July 1965

I refrained from interrupting the right hon. Gentleman. I did not think that it was necessary for us to do that.

I recall this. I am aware that we put forward proposals to the right hon. Gentleman about the mechanisation and modernisation of the docks, and that that was not accepted as the method by which we should approach it. He will, of course, also recall that, on another occasion, addressing him in his capacity as Minister of Transport, we drew attention to the fact that they were allowed to become individualistic and private enterprise-minded and to go running off to carry out separate functions. One body was split up and made into four, and we did not think that that was good. If the right hon. Gentleman is now converted to the idea that we should co-ordinate efforts and use local authorities and have a standard central computer system—