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The L.C.C.'s Attitude towards the Omnibuses Bill, 1928, Recently Introduced into the House of Commons.
MILE highways committee of the L.C.C. reports that it has had under consideration the question whether action should be taken by the council upon the Omnibuses Bill, 1928, which has been introduced into the House of Commons by Mr. Lindley. The Bill would, in effect, enable the Minister of Transport to authorize, by Order, a municipal corporation or an urban district council (or any joint board or joint committee including in its constitution representatives of the council of a borough or urban district) to maintain a bus service in its area, also outside its area along any road which is an extension of, or in connection with, any tramway, trolley-vehicle or bus route for the time being owned, run over or worked by the authority in question. It is. also proposed to confer various
incidental powers upon the authorities which obtain the necessary authdrity from the Minister. There is also power to enable any two or more of such authorities, if authorized under the intended Act, or under any other Act, and any Of such authorities, and any company, body or person, to enter into agreements for the working of bus services provided by the contracting 'parties.
The Bill, however, provides that it is not to extend to the London traffic area, as defined by the London Traffic Act, 1924. A Bill on similar lines was introduced in 1926 and rejected at the secondreading stage, and a further Bill introduced in 1927 lapsed at the prorogation of Parliament without reaching that stage. The committee doe's not think that any action is necessary.