Nationalization by Stealth
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ON August 6, the Transport Bill received the Royal Assent. After an all-night sitting on Bank Holiday, during which the House of Commons rejected all but one of the alternative amendments of the House of Lords, the Bill was returned to the Lords. The Upper House decided not to insist on its amendments, and a Royal Commis
sion immediately gala. the Royal Assent to the measure.
Thus, in the shadow cast by the national economic crisis, the most iniquitous measure ever forced through Parliament slipped quietly on to the Statute Book.
On pages 64-73 of this issue appears a comprehensive and authoritative summary of the Act. Our legal adviser also explains the more obscure provisions and gives examples of the calculations to be made in assessing compensation and deciding whether an operator's business has consisted predominantly of long distance haulage.
This valuable work is to be reprinted in book form and will be sold at Is 6d. It will be of pocket size and the title will be "The Operator's Guide to the Transport Act, 1947." Copies may be obtained from "The Commercial Motor," Bowling Green Lane, London, E.C.1, or through any briokseller Every operator of goods and passenger vehicles and every salesman should secure a copy,