HC Deb 16 April 1958 vol 586 cc156-8
38. Mr. Marquand

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation which local authorities in the Northern Region are invited annually to submit nominations for the panel from which Traffic Commissioners and their Deputies are chosen.

The Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Mr. G. R. H. Nugent)

All county councils, county borough councils, non-county borough councils and urban district councils in the Northern Traffic Area are invited annually to nominate persons to the panels from which Traffic Commissioners and Deputies are appointed.

39 and 40. Mr. Marquand

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (1) from which local authorities in the Northern Region, Traffic Commissioners or Deputy Commissioners in the Northern Region have been drawn since 1945; and how many Commissioners and Deputies respectively, who were members of local authorities, have served more than one term in that period;

(2) from which local authorities in the Northern Region, invited to submit names for possible appointment as Traffic Commissioners or Deputies, no nominees have been selected for appointment since 1945.

Mr. Nugent

Traffic Commissioners or Deputies drawn from twenty-one local authorities in the Northern Traffic Area have been appointed since 1945. Fifty-nine local authorities have had no nominees selected for appointment in this period. I will, with permission, circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT lists showing the local authorities concerned.

Four Traffic Commissioners and twelve deputies have served more than one term since 1945.

Mr. Marquand

Can the hon. Gentleman say whether the County Borough of Middlesbrough has been among those from which a representative has been appointed?

Mr. Nugent

No, the County Borough of Middlesbrough has not been, but in that position it is in a quite numerous and good company.

Mr. Marquand

But is it in company with any authorities of equal standing and equal population?

Mr. Nugent

That is a matter of personal judgment.

Following are the lists:

LOCAL AUTHORITIES FROM WHOSE NOMINEES TRAFFIC COMMISSIONERS OR DEPUTIES FOR THE NORTHERN TRAFFIC AREA HAVE BEEN APPOINTED SINCE 1945

County Councils

County Borough Councils

Non-County Borough Councils

Urban District Councils

LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN THE NORTHERN TRAFFIC AREA WHOSE NOMINEES HAVE NOT BEEN APPOINTED AS TRAFFIC COMMISSIONERS OR DEPUTIES SINCE 1945

County Borough Councils

Non-County Borough Councils

Urban District Councils