D URING the Parliamentary – recess, Mr. A. T. Lennox-Boyd, Minister of
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TranspOrt, proposes to visit depots of British Road Services. • He Will investigate the opinion§ of employees on denationalization.
. When he gave this information in the House 'of Commons on Monday, he said be would have been glad to discuss the matter with the trade unions concerned if they had beert'ready to do so before the Bill was prepared.
"Almost the first thing I did when Tbectime :Minister," he said, "was to ask the unions if they would have consultations with me, before the Bill was completed, on what foam it ought to take.. Acting on what advice, or thoughts, •I do not know, they replied that they Would prefer to wait until the Bill waspublished."
The Minister also said: "1 will make it quite clear and plain to the many thousands of people who are doing sterling work there and elsewhere [in B.R.S.j, that we are very grateful to them, but we feel they have been confronted with impossible tasks by the last Socialist Administration."
MOVE TO MOVE. TRAFFIC L'OLLOWINGrepresentations made
by residents in the North Finchley area .of London, complaining of the number of lorries parked in High Road, Whetstone, the Ministry of Transport has written to the town clerk of
Finchley. The letter states that the most effective step would be to provide rest and refreshment facilities on the Barnet by-pass, which would encourage drivers of heavy vehicles to use the by-pass instead of the old road through Finchley and Barnet.
"Plans are being made," the letter continues, " for the transfer of one of the well-known cafés from the old road to the by-pass and the Minister will do what he can to assist the promoters of this venture."
At a conference called recently to discuss this matter it was stated that Hertfordshire County Council was considering exercising compulsory powers to acquire 'a plot of land on the Barnet by-pass to which a café proprietor in Barnet had offered to transfer his busi
ness. Planning permission had been obtained for the construction of a. vehicle park and café on this plot.
The conference resolved to ask the Minister of Transport to receive a deputation.
WINNING DESIGNS
RESULTS of the service-station design competition organized by Shell-lVtex and B.P., Ltd., were announced last week. Sir Hugh Casson, a leading British . architect, presented prizes to Mr. M. Gregory for the winning designs for a country service station and a suburban depot, and to Mr. G. M. Crockett for his design for a motorway service station.