§ 30 Brigadier Mackesonasked the Minister of Transport if he will give an estimate of the number of A, B and C licence holders in the coastal towns of Kent and Sussex whose vehicles proceed inland beyond a 40-mile radius.
§ Mr. BarnesExact figures are not avail able, but I am informed that there are probably some 200 licence holders in these towns, who operate on a substantial scale beyond a 40-mile radius from their base, and some 600 who do so occasionally. These figures must be taken as rough estimates. I am not in a position to give separate figures for A, B and C licensees.
§ Brigadier MackesonIs not it very desirable that the Minister should1 take the trouble to obtain the requisite data before introducing legislation of a highly controversial and dangerous nature?
§ Mr. BarnesWe have the general in formation, but to break it down into districts would mean unnecessary labour, in view of the shortage of labour.