Former MP for East Ham South
I beg to move, in page 12, line 12, to leave out from "column," to "of." in line 13. This Amendment brings us to the point of considering the levy, that ill-thought out piece of legislation. Those who are qualified to speak for trade and industry in this country are bewildered by its imposition. I have followed the comments in trade papers and in the general Press and speeches by those who...
I appreciate that point. I took the hypothetical figure of a £20 million loss, which is money which the Government itself have used. That is reflected in £20 million of Transport Stock issued. That should be cancelled by Government decision. It could be wiped out completely or could represent an annual interest charge which the Treasury would accept for the Transport Commission, who would...
I beg to move, in page 22, line 11, to leave out subsection (1). This subsection repeals Sections 63 and 64 of the 1947 Act, which provide for the machinery to establish area road passenger schemes. I do not think that the repeal of these two Clauses should pass without some comment, although I recognise that in view of the operation of the Guillotine one must attempt to ration the available...
No, I did not say that. If my hon. Friend will wait he will discover the thread of my argument. I am pointing out that, faced with certain transport circumstances in the Metropolis—and I recognise that the Metropolis represents a different problem from that existing elsewhere—the Labour Government in 1931 and the Conservative Government in 1933 applied the principle of compulsion. They...
I mention this to point out that when the capital of private enterprise was involved—and the London General Omnibus Company had the greater part of the capital—the Conservative Government of that period did not hesitate to apply the principle of compulsion. It was on the experience that resulted in that co-ordination of London transport that I framed the area schemes. The area schemes...
Not always. That is the point which I want to emphasise and to bring out in the discussion on the area schemes. In my view, it was desirable that local opinion should largely determine the shape of local transport services. The local opinion of those who use transport in travelling to work, following recreational activities, shopping, visiting, and so on, is very important. However that may...
No, certainly I do not. If we take away the local authorities' transport services and give them to the private road passenger services, leaving out the contract carriages—the public schedule services—the British Transport Commission, by voluntary purchase, acquired something like 70 per cent. of the road passenger schedule service vehicles. The purpose of the Transport Act eventually was...
It is very interesting to compare the speech of the hon. Member for Kidderminster (Mr. Nabarro), to which we have just listened, with the explanation which the Minister gave, or attempted to give, to the point raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Wednesbury (Mr. S. N. Evans). The hon. Member for Kidderminster is suggesting that there should be no control whatever on the sale of vehicles....
