IN THE COMMONS . . .
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THE MINISTER of Transport will not direct the nationalized public transport undertakings to provide half-price fares for schoolchildren, said Mr. John Morris, the Parliamentary Secretary.
THE STANDING Committee on Crime Prevention is giving priority to a study of means of improving the security of valuable loads in transit, said Mr. Roy Jenkins, the Home Secretary, answering a question on the £750,000 London bullion raid.
THE AIR Pollution Bill, a private Member's measure which includes action against vehicle fumes, was given a formal second reading. But it still has a long way to go, and is unlikely to become law.
STANDARDIZATION of bus design should promote longer production runs of vehicles and ancillary equipment and therefore reduce unit costs, said Mr. Stephen Swingler, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, in the Commons.
He put forward this view after he had been asked about the standardization envisaged in Mrs. Castle's recent statement on urban transport.