§ 41. Colonel Beamishasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will direct the South Eastern Area Transport Users' Consultative Committee to consider the proposal by the British Transport Commission to close down the Newhaven—Dieppe Cross-Channel passenger service from 4th November, 1958, to 19th March, 1959, and in subsequent winters.
§ Mr. WatkinsonThe proposal has already been referred by the British Transport Commission to this Committee, who will consider it at their meeting on 16th July.
80Wthe Sharpness—Gloucester canal; and whether he will cause the relevant notices to be correctly shown.
§ Mr. NugentThe figures are given in the table below. The fixing of relevant traffic signs is, in each case, a matter for the highway authority.
§ Colonel Beamishasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will give a general direction to the British Transport Commission, in view of the inter-relation of all cross-Channel services, that they should forthwith publish all their proposals for reductions in any such service.
§ Mr. WatkinsonNo. The British Transport Commission informs me that except for the Newhaven—Dieppe service no proposals for reductions have yet been formulated. If any material reductions are proposed on any other cross-Channel service, they will be made known at once and referred to the appropriate Consultative Committee.