§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport if he has considered the Report of the conference held in Manchester, on 5th July, 1938, which considered modern problems of transport, providing evidence of overlapping, duplication and inefficiency; and will he consider the need for a 50 mile radius transport board on the omnibuses of public ownership and the electrification of the railways in the area with new lines running out to North Wales, Lake District, Cheshire, Blackpool, Morecambe, North Staffordshire and Derbyshire.
§ Mr. Noel-BakerI have not been able to find any record that the Report of the Conference held in Manchester in 1938, to which my hon. Friend refers was ever received in my Department. In answer to the second part of my hon. Friend's Question, I would remind him that I said in answer to a Question on 10th November, that my Noble Friend is always ready to206W consider any sound scheme for promoting co-ordination and increased efficiency in transport services which local authorities and transport undertakings may lay before him.