Ministry case "not justified'
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—Mr. Quin at Eastbourne MR. DENTS QUIN, secretary of the Passenger Transport Vehicle Operators Independence Committee (VOICE), appeared to be expressing the feelings of many delegates at Eastbourne on Wednesday when he said of Mr. Locke's paper to the MPTA Conference: "He has had, and missed, a golden opportunity to attempt to justify the Transport Minister's proposals to nationalize the entire bus and coach industry under the guise of operating PTAs.
"Our view, that these PTAs would carry out a valuable function in a purely advisory capacity, has only been strengthened by what Mr. Locke said— moreover they could do this without the extra cost to the community.
"The most extraordinary aspect of his paper was his complete failure to base his arguments on any kind of financial projection on either a national or local scale.
"It is quite evident from what Mr. Locke said that the Minister has set her mind on a doctrinaire system and expects her officials to achieve this quite regardless of the social and economic implications".