§ 21. Mr. GLOSSOPasked the Minister of Transport the number of appeals made to him against the decision of the traffic commissioners during the longest period for which figures are available, together with the number of appeals that were successful?
§ Mr. PYBUSAs the answer involves a number of figures, I will, with my hon. 802 Friend's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ Since the Act came into operation two years ago the number of appeals for decision, relating to applications for road service licences, has been 2,253, of which 400 are suspended pending decisions of the High Court. A very large number of these appeals relate only to conditions attaching to licences. The figures include appeals against grants as well as appeals against refusals of licences. My hon. Friend will also appreciate that many of the individual cases in this tabulation involve the same point. Decisions have been reached in 1,151 cases, which involve 194 orders on the traffic commissioners, reversing or modifying their decisions in 381 cases, and postponing for one month the operation of the decision in 62 cases. The number of appeals against refusals of public service vehicle licences, or certificate of fitness, which I have had to decide, is six; in no case have I made an order. My hon. Friend will recall that appeals against the commissioners' refusal of drivers' and conductors' licences fall to be made to the Courts, and not to me.