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After three days as Minister of Transport, Barbara Castle called fi the director-general of the Department of Economic Plannirm When she was told that there wasn't one she asked who would be fill the post. The popular choice was Christopher Foster.
That, according to S. F. Wheatcroft, president of the Chartere Institute of Transport, is how the man who was later to head th inquiry into operators' licensing got the job in economic plannini As the third day after Mrs Castle's appointment was Christmas Da, 1965, I treat the story with caution.
What is more certain is that during Christopher Foster's five-yei encumbency until 1970, he experienced four different ministers Mrs Castle, Richard Marsh, Frederick Mulley and John Peyton. Th Vicar of Bray never had it so good.