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Mr. Hay Takes a Rosy View

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5th May 1961

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From our Parliamentary Correspondent A GLOWING progress report on the r‘ London pink zone loading ban experhuents was given in the Commons last week by Mr. John Hay, Joint Parliamentary Secretary, during the debate on parking. "There is no doubt that these experimental regulations have largely restored a sense of discipline that was not there before," commented Mr. Hay.

Mr. Hay added that it was hoped to make the permanent regulations some time before the end of October.

Commercial road transport was absolutely vital to the continued industrial and commercial health of the country, declared Mr. Hay, and they had to be very careful lest they did something which would damage or disturb that.

There were two problems, as far as the parking of commercial vehicles was concerned, first to provide parking space, and second to have control over waiting particularly over loading and unloading.

Responsibility for providing off-street parking rested clearly with local authorities or the vehicle owners, and he hoped that local authorities would use their powers to provide these facilities.

A Warning

From the Opposition Front Bench Mr. George Strauss (Vauxhall) said the debate was a warning to the Government of what was likely to happen when the Road Traffic Bill came before the Commons. If the Government believed it could get the new Bill through its Committee and Report Stages in a couple of months, its calculation was wrong.

Condemning the overnight parking of lorries in residential streets, Mr. Strauss said only the Government could take a

lead and do something about it. He would be glad to hear that the Road Haulage Association had taken a welcome step away from its usual major interest in political matters and had considered what it would do to provide for the arrangement by local authorities or the Government of facilities for the parking of lorries. If it had not taken any step it should do so.

Vehicle Parks

Mr. Percy Browne (Tory, Torrington) said he and his colleagues would be prepared to pay a reasonable fee for a night's lodging in a vehicle park if the park were there. They would like nothing better than to have a place where they could get hold of a driver on the telephone, where he could get a night's sleep in order to keep to the statutory hours and know that his vehicle was properly looked after.

Mr. W. R. Rees-Davies (Tory, Isle of Thanet) urged the building of industrial motels near the great markets such as Covent Garden, so that lorries were provided with sufficient parking facilities, and men could have accommodation.