No Action Yet On Jack Report
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From our Political Correspondent
MEMBERS of Parliament are now accepting the fact that no Government action to implement the recommendations of the Jack Report is likely before the end of the year.
Amendments to the Finance Bill, designed to ease the financial burden of country bus services, can be expected, but even those M.P.s who are most closely concerned with the matter have not yet agreed what action is most desirable, and as the Minister of Transport is still collecting outside views on the report, nothing is likely to be done until the new Parliamentary session starts in October.
B.T.C. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS UP
DURING the four weeks to April 23. last, the British Transport Commission's traffic receipts on road passenger services rose, compared with the same period in 1960. This year London Transport road services took £4,437,000 compared with £4,215,000 last year. Scottish and provincial buses took /4,661,000 (£4,391400 in 1960).
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