Rupert Speir to Leave the House ?
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From our Political Correspondent
NAR. RUPERT SPEIR, Conservative J-VI M.P. for Hexham and a prominent road campaigner, is due to announce today whether he will be retiring from politics at the next general election. Mr. Speir told his constituency association some time ago that he wished to resign, but they urged him to stay and he has been considering their representations.
If understand, however, it is probable that he will stick to his original intention in his statement today.
In 1958, Parliament approved his Litter Bill, providing fines of up to .E.10 for people who dropped litter in public places and in 1960 he successfully pushed through his Noise Abatement Bill He is currently campaigning with a further private members' Bill to suppress offensive diesel fumes from road vehicles— but, as I wrote some weeks ago, he is not likely to be successful.
However, in 10 years, 51-year-old Mr. Speir has achieved more than many M.P.s manage in a lifetime. Apart from pushing through his legislation, he has been Parliamentary Private Secretary to four Ministers. If he retires, the Commons will lose a first-rate public campaigaer.
MORE VEHICLES FOR CARRYING CASH
TW0 additional 33-ton vehicles for transporting cash and securities in an area within a 20-mile radius of Edinburgh and south of the Firth of Forth have been granted to Security Services (Scotland), Ltd. The application was granted in chambers by Mr. W. Quin, the Scottish Licensing Authority. An objection by Security Express, Ltd., was withdrawn.