HC Deb 16 December 1952 vol 509 c187W
167. Mr. Woodburn

asked the Minister of Transport whether he has formulated plans for the integration and coordination of road and rail transport in the case of a national emergency arising; and whether he has examined the possible handicaps which may arise from the proposed break-up of the nation-wide road service organisation now being developed.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Plans for the operation and, if necessary, control of all forms of inland transport in the event of a national emergency have been prepared and are kept continuously under review; there is no reason to suppose that these measures would be handicapped by the proposed dispersal of the road haulage undertaking of the British Transport Commission.