§ 51. Mr. Lubbockasked the Minister of Transport if he will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of the names of members of the South-East Transport Users' Consultative Committee, stating in each case by whom they were appointed and identifying those who are serving in the capacity of representatives of the railway passengers.
§ Mr. CarmichaelI am circulating the list of names in the OFFICIAL REPORT. In accordance with Section 56 of the Transport Act, 1962, my right hon. Friend's predecessor appointed all the Members of this Committee, the Chairman and two members without consultation and the other members after consultation with the bodies referred to in the list. Members of these Committees are regarded as representatives of transport users at large and not of the bodies who nominate them or of any specific section of users.
§ Mr. LubbockIf they they are regarded as representative of transport users at large, is it not striking that only one of the 23 members of the South-East Transport Users' Consultative Committee is the possessor of a season ticket and only three of them travel on the railways?
§ Mr. CarmichaelI think that my right hon. Friend and his predecessors have gone to great lengths to get representatives from organisations in the area. If the hon. Gentleman will look at the list of bodies consulted, as required by Section 56 (2) of the Transport Act, he will see a very representative group of people in the area. All the people who travel do not hold season tickets.
§ The information is as follows:
§ TRANSPORT USERS' CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE SOUTH EAST
§ Bodies consulted as required by section 56 (2) of the Transport Act 1962
§ Chairman
- Mr. P. W. Milligan.
§ Members
- Alderman C. W. Armstrong, J.P., Association of Municipal Corporations.
- Councillor Brig. J. B. Sandberg, C.B.E., County Councils Association.
- Mr. J. F. Symonds, Central Council for the Disabled.
- Councillor P. E. P. Gladwin, D.S.C., LP., Urban District Councils Association.
- Councillor E. G. Feben, Rural District Councils Association.
- Mr. C. W. Burton, Mr. G. H. Parks. M.B.E., Trades Union Congress.
- Mr. E. E. Ralfs, C.A., National Federation of Old Age Pensioners Associations.
- Mr. E. J. Peacock, Confederation of British Industry.
- Councillor J. D. Rutland, British Travel Association.
- Mr. F. Scammell. The Working Men's Club and Institute Union Ltd.
- Alderman R. J. Davie, J.P., Parliamentary Committee Co-operative Union Ltd.
- Miss M. H. Barnes, M.B.E., J.P., Women's Royal Voluntary Service.
- Major G. Knight, M.C., The National Farmers Union.
- Mr. J. Fowles, Association of British Chambers of Commerce.
- Mrs. Unsworth White, National Federation of Women's Institutes
- Mr. W. R. Myers, M.Sc., A.Inst.P., Ramblers Association.
- Mrs. Aileen Spiller, J.P., National Joint Committee of Working Women's Organisations.
- Rev. J. Martin, National Association of Parish Councils.
- Mr. F. Hickman, Mr. C. Byford, O.B.E., LP.. M.Inst.T.