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Industry Must Have Freedom of Choice
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WITHIN the limits laid down for normal commercial traffic, it was the Government's policy to leave industry free to choose the most suitable and economic method of transport for each particular purpose, said Lord Chesham, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, last week.
He was replying to strong demands in the House of Lords for legislation to restrict the' size of road transport vehicles, "so that the roads could be made safer, and more freight be diverted to railways, canals and coastal shipping."
Pointing out that under the regulations British vehicles were already smaller than in any other European country except Portugal and the Republic of Ireland, Lord Chesham recalled that the Minister was now considering tightening the already restricted conditions under which larger vehicles could carry indivisible loads.
He told Lord Stonharn that the 'Minister had "very much in mind" large loads which were carried partly in the main vehicle and partly in the subsidiary vehicle. But, he warned, there were some large loads which simply would not go by any way but road.