§ Dr. PETERSasked the Minister of Transport whether he will give instructions to traffic commissioners to simplify as much as possible the forms and schedules required of small omnibus proprietors who apply for licences and 526W who have not the clerical staffs nor the ability to comply with present requirements?
Mr. PYRUSThe traffic commissioners require certain information to assist them in hearing and determining applications for licences, and every effort has been made to devise the simplest forms of return which will achieve this purpose. I also understand that the staff of the traffic commissioners render every assistance to applicants for licences who find themselves in difficulty in furnishing the information required, but the hon. Member may rest assured that the matter will be kept under review, and if experience points to the possibility of simplification, especially in the case of small proprietors, the considerations to which he draws attention will be carefully borne in mind.