§ 22. Mr. A. Edward Daviesasked the Minister of Transport what progress has been made in setting up consultative transport committees as provided for under Section 6 of the Transport Act, 1947; and how many of them are functioning.
§ The Minister of Transport (Mr. Barnes)The Central Transport Consultative Committee has been working for six months. I have now appointed the Committees for Scotland and Wales and, with permission, I will circulate in HANSARD a list of the members of these two Committees. With regard to the London committee, I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Hornsey (Mr. Gammans) on 4th July. Area committees will be appointed subsequent to the coming into effect of the area road passenger transport schemes.
§ Following is the list:
§ TRANSPORT USERS CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE FOR SCOTLAND
§ Mr. Neil S. Beaton, J.P. (Chairman); Mr. A. R. Semple; The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, K.T., C.M.G., LL.D., T.D.; Mr. W. Mackenzie; Mr. C. M. Anderson; Mr. R. H. Murdoch; Mr. P. C. Somerville; Mr. J. Brannigan; Mr. M. Bush; Mr. T. D. Storrar; Mrs. R. G. Thomson; Mrs. I. M. McNair, O.B.E.; Councillor W. P. Earsman; Councillor G. Mulholland; Councillor D. M. Bonner, J.P.; Captain Sir Ian Bolton, Bt., O.B.E.; Mr. J. B. Hastie, O.B.E.; Mr. T. F. Cameron.
§ TRANSPORT USERS CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE FOR WALES
§ Lieut-Colonel H. Edmund Davies, K.C. (Chairman); Mr. J. Hodgkinson; Captain H. Leighton Davies, C.B.E., J.P.; Councillor W. L. Davies; Mr. W. Clayton Russon, M.B.E.; Mr. H. Lyn Jones, M.C.; Mr. R. G. M. Street; Mr. S. Davies; Mrs. E. Darbishire, J.P.; Mr. J. Highfield; Councillor T. Lloyd Williams; Councillor J. Howell; Councillor M. Selby, J.P.; Professor A. Beacham, Ph.D.; Lady Olwen Carey Evans; Mr. H. H. Swift; Mr. E. V. Swallow, J.P.