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Back in top gear
Page 7
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Transport is back in the Cabinet Room at No. 10, having served its period of second-class citizenship with Fred Mulley and John Gilbert in the driving seat. Surely with Tom Fraser they must rank as the most ineffectual trio ever. But now transport once again enjoys full Ministerial status.
Does the move mean that transport is being taken out of the environmental arena and popped into the economic battle? Has the new Minister enough background knowledge to start tackling the Transport Policy Document initiated by Tony Crosland and held pending by Peter Shore? Does he really care about transport and will he show the same enthusiasm for it as he did for his Ministry of Defence job?
There are many questions to be answered, and in time they will be. One thing is certain. Will Rodgers must be an improvement on Messrs Mulley and Gilbert, if only by reason of his increased power.
He must take an early opportunity to meet the industry. We will give him his first invitation by inviting him to meet 500 delegates at the Fleet Management Conference on September 30.