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Watchdogs for buses again?

16th February 1968
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from our political correspondent • The Central Transport Consultative Committee—the public watchdog over the railways—has been seeking, without success SO far, to extend its scope once again to cover the "quality of service" of buses.

A year ago it suggested to Mrs. Castle that she should write this power into the current Transport Bill, arguing that if PTAs were to have the power to acquire private bus undertakings and bring the majority of buses into public ownership, the committee's function as a public watchdog should apply to them.

Although the Minister met the area consultative committee chairmen last June, this provision was not put into her Bill, and I understand the central committee will be discussing further action at one of its coming meetings, and that MPs will almost certainly take up the point.

The committee regards this as an important issue of principle. In its annual report last week it said that although division of the industry between public and private ownership had made the situation difficult, the new Bill could cause the difficulties to disappear.

The committee made it clear, however, that any buses remaining in the private sector would not fall under its jurisdiction.


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