§ Mr. Kimballasked the Minister of Transport (1) whether he will state his ruling under which omnibus operator's are compelled by conditions of licence to charge fares for children over three years of age instead of five as formerly; whether this ruling was sent to all traffic commissioners in the country; and whether they were required to act on it or only asked to consider it;
(2) whether he can now state his decision on the question of the appeal by omnibus operators in the East Midland area from the ruling requiring them to charge fares for children over three years of age instead of five years?
§ Mr. BurginThe Inquiry in the East Midland case to which he refers was only concluded on 24th July and I have not yet reached a decision. I am sending my hon. Friend a copy of the Road Service Licences (Appeals) Orders (Nos. 9, 10 and 11), 1936, to which I think he refers. While all Decisions on appeals under Section 81 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, are made public, they are binding on the Commissioners in relation only to the road service licences to which the particular appeals relate.