HC Deb 01 August 1946 vol 426 cc256-7W
111. Sir J. Lucas

asked the Minister of Transport if he will now define the status of ex-Serviceman for the purposes of a livestock carrier's licence.

Mr. G. R. Strauss

I understand that, when deciding applications for re-instatement in the road haulage industry, the traffic area licensing authorities are in general prepared to give special consideration to any person whose road haulage business lapsed on his joining the fighting services or because he was directed to full-time work of national importance, provided he did not dispose of his business by sale.

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