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13th July 1940, Page 18
13th July 1940
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In Parliament

ARMY LORRY REPAIRS BY GARAGES s I N the House of Commons, Mr. Cocks asked whether any of the work of repairing Army lorries, which could be undertaken by garages, was still being done by motor manufacturers, thus taking up space and labour which could be used for aircraft production.

Mr. H. Morrison said this work, under the Ministry of Supply scheme, was' carried out by garages, not manufacturers. Some vehicle makers had repair depots in various districts and use had been made of them. This did not take up any space or labour that would otherwise be utilized in aircraft production.

MOTOR VEHICLE PROCEDURE IN AIR RAIDS THE Home Secretary informed Mr. Thorne that, during the period of an air-raid warning, motor vehicles were permitted to proceed if the driver had good reason for doing so. This rule applied to public service vehicles equally with other classes of vehicle.

The issue of special guidance to p.s.v. drivers in particular districts must be left to operators.

POLICE RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVAL OF SIGNPOSTS

TO a suggestion by Sir A. Baillie that the elimination of signposts had been carried out imperfectly, Sir J. Anderson said the Removal of Direction Signs Order, 1940, required the removal or obliteration of all such signs that could be seen from the high

way, except those exempted by the Chief Officer of Police.

It was for the police to decide whether proceedings should be taken where a sign was displayed in contravention of the Order, and the police might themselves obliterate, remove or conceal any such sign. The maximum fine was L100 on summary conviction and £500 on conviction on indictments.

DISABLING PETROL STOCKS

HAD directions been given to garage proprietors and petrol stations, asked Mr. Cocks, as to rendering their petrol useless in case of emergency. Mr. Lloyd informed him that it would not be in the public interest to make any public statement on this subject.

PURCHASE OF SOLDIERS' DRIVING LICENCES

ATTENTION was called by Sir J. Mellor to the waste of time occasioned by officers commanding units being required, in some circumstances, to purchase from local authorities driving licences for soldiers, the fees paid being credited to the Exchequer. He suggested that emergency permits, by virtue of existing powers under the Defence Regulations, should be issued to all service drivers.

Sir J. Reith, Minister of Transport, stated that the emergency permits were issued under conditions agreed to be convenient by the Secretary of State for War, and he did not think it would be desirable to • abrogate entirely the ordinary requirements of the law relating to the licensing of service drivers. PRESERVING ROADS FOR MILITARY TRAFFIC

ran inquiry by Captain P. Macdonald, Sir J. Anderson ,stated that all practicable steps were being taken to ensure that, in the event of hostile attack, the movement of troops was not impeded by unnecessary traffic on the roads, and suitable measures were being taken to impress the importance of this matter upon the public.

DISPERSAL OF ARMY LORRIES AGAINST BOMBING

VOR the information of Mr. Thurtle,

Mr. Eden, Secretary of State for War, said he was aware of the need for dispersing Army lorries, so far as possible, in order to avoid risk of damage from bombing in those places where large numbers Of such vehicles were kept closely packed together. He added that appropriate measures had been taken.

VETO ON HIGH-POWERED CARS PROPOSED riOMMERCIAL travellers using cars for business purposes, said Mr. Lipson, were much concerned because people with higher-powered cars, who used them for joy-riding, got more petrol. Mr. Lloyd promised to consider any representations that were made.

Mr. Garro-Jones suggested that it would be possible to reduce the consumption of petrol by requiring lowerpowered ears to be used on Government service. No reply was given,


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