HC Deb 16 December 1953 vol 522 cc69-70W
118. Mr. Ernest Davies

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what reply he has given to the request contained in the first report of the Road Haulage Disposal Board to explain the true functions of the Board.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

I am grateful to the hon. Member for giving me this opportunity of correcting any misconception there may be that the Disposal Board are responsible for the actual sale of the road haulage undertaking of the British Transport Commission. That responsibility is laid by the Act upon the Commission itself. The Board is a consultative and approving authority with the task of ensuring that the Commission's proposals give effect to the intentions of the Act.