§ 103. Mr. Awberyasked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that the Transport Commission, which has acquired the Bristol Tramway Company's construction works, is precluded under the terms of the Transport Act, 1947, from producing buses for export; that 30 per cent. of the production in the past was for this purpose; and whether he will introduce legislation to remove this restriction on manufacture for export, or increase the 83W quota for the home market in order to prevent an increase in unemployment among this class of workmen.
§ Mr. CallaghanMy right hon. Friend is aware of the limitations placed on the British Transport Commission in this respect, and is not prepared to ask Parliament to alter the provisions so recently incorporated in the Transport Act, 1947. My right hon. Friend is discussing with the Minister of Supply what quota should be allotted to this company for next year.