HC Deb 05 November 1930 vol 244 c875W
Mr. LLEWELLYN-JONES

asked the Minister of Transport whether he has received representations from local authorities in North Wales requesting that one at least of the traffic commissioners to be appointed under the Road Traffic Act, 1930, for the North Wales traffic area should have a competent knowledge of the Welsh language; and whether, in making the appointments, he will pay due regard to the importance of this request?

Mr. HERBERT MORRISON

I have received certain representations to this effect. As I have already informed the House, I am prepared to consider sympathetically the appointment of a Welsh-speaking commissioner to the areas in Wales, but it should not be overlooked that North Wales is a part of the North-Western traffic area.