§ 42. Mr. Hardyasked the Minister of War Transport whether he is aware that a South-East Lancashire and East Cheshire Municipal Passenger Transport Joint Advisory Committee has been set up, consisting of the following municipaltransport authorities: Manchester, Sal-ford, Bolton, Ashton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Stalybridge; and what assistance he is prepared to give the committee to improve the transport of the area.
§ Mr. BarnesThis Joint Advisory Committee has not yet approached my Department, but I have asked the Regional Transport Commissioner for the North-Western Region to consider carefully any proposals which it may put forward relating to the improvement of the local transport facilities.