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Bill Not a Waste of Time

20th April 1951, Page 61
20th April 1951
Page 61
Page 61, 20th April 1951 — Bill Not a Waste of Time
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" rIUR natural disappointment that %awe have not been able to. obtain a single consession from the Government on any of the clauses of the Transport (Amendment) Bill must not lead us to forget that when the Bill was first introduced it seemed almost impossible that it would ever get further jhat the first reading," says Mr. Frank F. Fowler, national chairman of the Road Haulage Association, in a message to members.

"Although the Bill has not led to any alteration in the unfair and spiteful restrictions placed upon us, it did at least lead to the defeat of the Government on the Second Reading. Parliament has had to discuss the Bill at considerable length, with the result that many telling points have been put over in our favour and the feebleness of the Government's arguments has been completely exposed.

"The Bill has also given us the opportunity to put forward our case to the public through the medium of the Press and in other ways. Our just complaints have become more widely known than ever before and the great mass of trade and industry, as well as the public generally, has shown itself to be solidly on our side. "We now know beyond any shadow of doubt that free enterprise has nothing to hope for from this present Government. The Association has not been idle during the discussions on the Bill. Our initial plans were made some time ago and they have been maturing during the past few months. Our aim now must be, by means of interworking and every other constitutional method .open to us, to carry every bit of traffic that is available within the harsh restrictions of the Transport Act.''


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