Rural Services : Waiting for Jack
7th July 1961, Page 35
7th July 1961
Page 35
Page 35, 7th July 1961
— Rural Services : Waiting for Jack
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Government Of The United Kingdom, Speir, Ernest Marples, Marples, Politics Of The United Kingdom, British People, Politics
From Our Political Correspondent
NAMES are being steadily added to Mr. Rupert Speir's Commons motion asking for urgent action to ensure that adequate country bus services are maintained—and Tory Mr. Speir is now receiving the support of Labour and Liberal MPs.
But, even as the support for the motion grew, it became clear that any Government steps to implement the recommen dations of the Report are a long way off.
Mr. Ernest Marples, the Minister of Transport, was asked in the Commons last week what action he proposed to take, but all he could add to the unpromising statement he had given three weeks earlier was: "I am now considering the comments on the Report, which have been received from the associations which I have consulted."