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‘VARNING was given last week of the risk of reduced investment in the road haulage industry because of the fear that a Labour Government would direct traffics onto rail, would cause widespread bankruptcy in the industry and would nationalize on " penal " terms of compensation. It came from Mr. David Webster, chairman of the Tory M.P.s' transport committee, during question time in the Commons — and it received hearty endorsement from the Prime Minister. Sir Alec said he had consulted the last Labour Party manifesto, just to make sure, and had found that the party opposite said that there was going to be. straight renationalization of road haulage. If Labour Members were hedging now, perhaps Conservatives had persuaded them to drop it. This spurred Mr. George Brown, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, into asking what plans the Premier had to prevent any further take-overs of private enterprise and to prevent a further increase in private monopolization. "I do not think that the right hon. Gentleman can have read the White Paper on Monopolies", observed Sir Alec.
TUNNEL ACCESS AAEMBERS of Parliament were last 'VI week given an assurance that there would be adequate road and rail links with the Channel Tunnel. Mr. Donald Wade (Liberal, Huddersfield West) had asked in the Commons what consideration was being given to providing new road and rail crossings over the Thames, east of London, in order to provide an adequate link between the north east and the Tunnel. Mr. Thomas Galbraith, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, replied that present plans should provide adequately for road traffic between the south east and the north east, including that generated by the Channel Tunnel. He understood that the Railways Board was satisfied that it could provide adequate rail facilities to service the Tunnel by the selective improvement of existing lines.
No Sunday Ban cOND1T1ONS in this country did not call for restrictions on the use of goods vehicles on Sundays and public holidays, declared Mr. Thomas Galbraith, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport. He was replying in the Commons to Mr. John Hynd (Labour, Attercliffe) who had asked the Minister to initiate a study of the effect of a ban of this type in West Germany, with a view to adopting a similar practice in this country.