LONDON TRAFFIC BILL. (Hansard, 26 March 1930)

§ 40. Sir K. WOOD
asked the Minister of Transport when he proposes to introduce the London Traffic Bill?

§ The MINISTER of TRANSPORT (Mr. Herbert Morrison)
I am not yet in a position to add to the replies which I have already given to the right hon. Member on this subject.

§ Sir K. WOOD
How long is this delay to continue Would it not be much better for the hon. Member and his colleagues to fall back upon the late Government and to introduce the Conservative Bill.

§ Mr. MORRISON
I cannot give a precise answer to that question as the right hon. Gentleman spends half his time demanding the production of Bills by the Government and the other half of his time obstructing Bills that have been introduced.

§ Captain P. MACDONALD
Is it in order for a Minister of the Crown to charge a Member of this House with obstruction?

§ Mr. SPEAKER
It is not regarded as an unparliamentary charge.

Sir F. HALL
Owing to the anxiety of the Metropolitan Borough Councils, may I ask whether the hon. Member has been able to come to a decision as to giving protection to the borough councils with regard to the roads on which these omnibuses will travel?

§ Mr. MORRISON
That has nothing whatever to do with the question on the Order Paper.

Sir F. HALL
Surely it has a great bearing upon it.

§ Mr. SPEAKER
The question on the Paper deals only with the London Traffic Bill.

Sir F. HALL
With all deference, I submit that the question which I put was very relevant to the question on the Order Paper.

§ Mr. MORRISON
May I inform the hon. and gallant Member that he is thinking of the Road Traffic Bill now before Standing Committee C and not the London Traffic Bill.

§ Sir A. POWNALL
Is it intended to produce this Bill during this Parliamentary Session?

§ Mr. MORRISON
That is a question which I cannot answer. It should be addressed to the Leader of the House.