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Mr Nigel Birch: The basement of this building has never been used as a public garage, and I cannot make it available for this purpose.
Mr Nigel Fisher: ...not know why hon. Members opposite get so excited when they hear it suggested. I think that people are very concerned when they see in the Press, as I saw some time ago, that nearly 400 men at one garage had come out on strike on a show-of-hands vote at a meeting at which only 33 men were present. I think that sort of thing is rather alarming to hear about, and the public are rather...
Mr Nigel Nicolson: ...himself; and he cannot distinguish between those he likes the look of and those that he does not. There is no other institution which caters for the public—restaurants, trains, ships, theatres, garages—where those who own or manage them incur a similar liability when they have not been negligent. The hotel keeper, under this Bill and under existing law, is liable to the extent of...
Mr Nigel Fisher: ...source of revenue for the car parks. As motorists, we also must be prepared to pay a lot more for our car parking facilities. We have no inherent right as such to use the Queen's highway as a free garage. To park or garage a car in New York costs, I am told, about £1 a day. In London, the economic charge would be about 12s. 6d. a day. We must think in terms of those figures, certainly...
Mr Nigel Fisher: ...person who clutters up the streets, impedes the movement of traffic and prevents the short-term parker finding any parking space whatever. He is the man who is using the Queen's highway as a free garage. He has done so for long enough, and he must now be prepared to pay for the parking space which up to now he has had free of charge. The Bill does not indicate—perhaps it was impossible...
Mr Nigel Spearing: ...had complaints about oil strewn on the roads. In my constituency there is up to a 5 per cent. reduction in buses because so many are off the road. I have even heard stories of men sitting in the garage waiting to take out buses which have broken down. The Chairman of London Transport has replied to some of my questions. I asked him about the bad service and the difficulty of design and...
Mr Nigel Spearing: ...Bristol, West spoke of buses, with which I will deal later. Perhaps, seeing those empty buses in the square, it did not occur to him that they might have been empty because they were returning to garages to be taken out of service after being fully loaded in the rush hour, or alternatively, having got gummed up in the square, like the Prime Minister, the passengers had decided that it was...
Mr Nigel Spearing: ...-Wilson), brought the matter to the atten tion of the House on 25th May 1971. He said: … the Chairman of London Transport … kindly made it possible for me to visit one of London Transport's garages at Victoria to see the sort of problem that London Transport is up against. I was shown no fewer than 29 major parts—both mechanical and electrical—of the engine that are breaking down...
Mr Nigel Lawson: .... If he does not know the meaning of the word " commercial ", how could he make that statement in 1977? Commercial buildings are those such as retail or wholesale warehouses, shops, offices, garages, cinemas, banks, launderettes, and a whole range that do not qualify as industrial buildings. For the benefit of the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland, let me say that industrial...
Mr Nigel Spearing: ..., but the pattern will be different from that of today. There will be subsidiary undertakings. Someone might make an arrangement with London Regional Transport to run all the routes out of Bromley garage or Upminster garage—if there is one. The Bill encourages LRT to make such arrangements. The investor would make use of the plant and equipment. Under the Bill there will also be...
Mr Nigel Spearing: ..., and the staff need good health back-up. Public employees should have recreation clubs and sports grounds, which should not be regarded as surplus to capacity and sold off. I passed a bus garage—I shall not name it in case it gives people ideas—where there are tennis courts and a bowling green. I expect that Tory Members would consider it beautiful to sell off for housing. The hon....
Mr Nigel Spearing: ...even the weakest ones can be overridden by the Secretary of State at the drop of a hat with regard to the disposal of assets. The management can ask the Secretary of State to allow it to keep a garage, depot or piece of land because it wants to build offices due to expansion or because it wants to dispose of offices in one place and build them in another and the Secretary of State will be...
Mr Nigel Spearing: ...about the withdrawal of railway services, how much was being lost, how much being saved and how to calculate that. Will we, through the withdrawal of a bus route, save on the administration of a garage or 55 Broadway? All those points are relevant. I warn the Minister that although consultation may be helpful, we hope that LRT or any of its subsidiaries will not get up to the sort of...
Mr Nigel Spearing: ...industry. Boating yards have been sold lock stock and barrel, many of them having been bought and sold pretty rapidly. In recent years the owners of such yards have included a national motor garage proprietor and distributor, bingo hall operators, brewers, holiday camp operators and even betting shop chains. They are interested only in making the maximum return from capital invested. That...
Mr Nigel Spearing: ...that they would be run in future by the public for the public. Now the Government are to change that. It is wrong in principle, and it should be stopped. Repairs are being done at many of the garages. When I go around, people come up to me and say, "There is all this work being done at these garages — all these changes." Are they chickens being fattened for pirates who will come and...
Mr Nigel Spearing: ...Department's standing instructions, issued by a former Secretary of State, are to cut support by £95 million a year and to keep fares level? Is he aware that the withdrawal of buses from West Ham garage last week was the result of new schedules which require drivers to work longer hours and cover more miles, putting their health and the safety of passengers at risk? Is not a change of the...
Mr Nigel Spearing: ...to transport in London. London Buses is being broken into 15 different firms. Pressure on staff to work harder for lower wages is a controversial subject. There was an unofficial strike at West Ham garage about three weeks ago because the men were being asked to work longer hours and cover more mileage for the same pay. They were not too worried about pay because it had been agreed in...
Mr Nigel Spearing: ...in the 1930s, buses and men ran themselves into the dust, and competition and safety did not go together. I fear that we shall get that in London. A few months ago, there was a strike at West Ham garage. The men had already been asked to drive longer distances over longer hours for the same pay. They would not put up with it. That strike is a harbinger. LRT—or is it London Buses Ltd.: I...
Mr Nigel Spearing: How can we be certain that patient needs will be defined? The scheme has been likened to going to a garage for a particular type of car repair. Is it not the experience of us all that we require treatment in hospital for a variety of reasons that involve different techniques? How will that practical problem be addressed?
