IN THE COMMONS...
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• The nationalized • transport undenakings expect their investment in containers to be nearly £30 m. over the next five years, said Mrs. Barbara Castle.
• Plans are being made by the Welsh Passenger Transport Co-ordinating Committee to integrate passenger, parcel and mail services in the Lampeter area of Cardiganshire. Mrs. Eirene White, Minister of State at the Welsh Office, who reported this, said its report would take another month or two at least.
• Mrs. Castle hopes to announce soon her decision on whether lorries should be required to have low bumpers at the rear—Commons answer.
• Output per head in inland transport increased by 3.8 per cent between 1958 and 1966, according to Mr. Peter Shore, of the Department of Economic Affairs. During the same period the number employed in inland transport had dropped by 1.7 per cent, while output for the industry as a whole rose by 2.1 per cent.
From 1460 to 1966 total output had risen by 1.4 per cent which, coupled with a decrease of 1.7 in employment figures, meant that inland transport had increased its output by 3.1 per cent over this period.
• Net assets of the Transport Holding Company in 1965—the latest year for which he could provide figures—were £168 m., said Mr. John Diamond, Chief Secretary to the Treasury. London Transport Board's assets that year were £.197 m. and British Railways Board's £1,595 m.