§ 92. Mr. Murrayasked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that omnibus companies in the North East are refusing to allow passengers to use a return ticket in the same direction, although passengers have been doing this for many years; whether he will state the reason for this change of policy, through which irritation is caused to passengers and conductors; and whether he will advise the Traffic Commissioners that the previous practice should be restored.
§ 93. Mr. Greyasked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that omnibus companies in the North East are insisting that a return bus ticket cannot be used twice in the same direction; that this is causing confusion and annoyance to both passengers and conductors; and as there is no advantage in insisting upon this procedure whether he will advise the Traffic Commissioners to dispense with this regulation.
§ Mr. BarnesIn advising operators that return tickets should be available for one outward and one inward journey, and not for two journeys in the same direction, the Licensing Authority for Public Service Vehicles is simply drawing attention to conditions attached by him to road service licences which were not being observed. I have no power to vary a condition, except on appeal.