HC Deb 20 July 1953 vol 518 c35
54. Mr. Sparks

asked the Minister of Transport what steps are now being taken to integrate road and railway freight traffic.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Integration of road and rail freight traffic in the sense of running them as a single monopolistic entity is regarded by the Government as undesirable in the interests of the consumer even if it were practicable. The Government's transport policy is embodied in the Transport Act, 1953.

Mr. Sparks

Do I understand that the Government's policy is the complete disintegration of the road and rail freight traffic service which has been brought into being by the Transport Commission, and that henceforth there is to be war to the death between road and railway transport?

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

There is to be healthy competition in the interests of the consumer.