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This Licensing Red Tape Must Go, Say Tory Backbenchers CONSERVATIVE

21st November 1958
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M.P.s are to urge ‘•-•• the adoption of the Continental system of a single vehicle fulfilling many different functions. This will be part of their campaign at Westminster to help rural transport, writes our political correspondent.

The new Backbench Rural Transport Group feel that, up to now, the Government have not tackled the problem strongly enough. They are particularly concerned about the withdrawal of rural bus services.

Mr. William Whitelaw (Penrith), joint secretary of the group, has declared that a new approach must be made to rural transport problems.

"At present you have the public bus, the schoolchildren's bus, -the Post Office van, and then the parcels delivery service," he said. "All these are running within a few hours of each other to the same village. Why not one vehicle combining the lot? Other countries do it. Why don't we?"

One of the first jobs, according to Mr. Whitelaw, would be to break down "all this red tape about licensing, the carriage of parcels in passenger vehicles and so on."

B32 Already, Mr. J. W. Peyton (Yeovil), chairman of the group, has asked the Minister of Transpoft to institute an inter-departmental inquiry into rural transport problems. He has been told that Mr. Watkinson has this under "constant review." 'However, this reply is unlikely to satisfy the M.P.s. They will press on with their demands for drastic action.

COLOUR PROBLEM AGAIN

BUS crews employed by Newcastle upon Tyne Corporation have asked that no more coloured workers should be employed until a ratio of white and coloured staff has been fixed. The Transport and General Workers' Union say this is not a colour bar, but a safeguard for their members.

RECORDS CASE: £45 FINES

A DMITTING that he did not ensure r-t that four of his 39 drivers kept records, Albert Hardy, haulier, Grand Parade, Brighton, was fined £45 with £7 6s. costs at Brighton last week. He asked for 60 offences between May and July to be considered.


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