Government to Help Small Operators
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THE Government were anxious to help small operators during denationalization, and hoped that they would be able to borrow the money to purchase what they required, said Mr. Hugh Molson, the new Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, when he spoke at the annual dinner of the Public Transport Association in London last week.
The chairman, Mr. E. L. Taylor, said that passenger operators were much concerned with denationalization.
On the subject of standing passengers, he stated that a reduction in the -permitted number of eight to five in the provinces would lead to higher costs and fares.
No longer could the country afford not to spend more money on roads, declared Mr. Taylor, who added that whilst the Treasury was powerful it could be beaten. The artificial burden of the 214 per cent. tax on oil fuel caused demands for higher wages and often raised the cost of British products beyond a level which importers were prepared to pay.