§ 89. Mr. W. T. Rodgersasked the Minister of Transport what steps he intends to take to initiate further study of the economics of urban traffic in view of the need for them revealed by the Hall Report.
§ Mr. MarplesApart from the work referred to in paragraph 78 of the Hall Report, I am setting about expansion of our efforts in this field.
§ 90. Mr. W. T. Rodgersasked the Minister of Transport what steps he intends to take to set up formal machinery for bringing economists in the academic world, and other interested people outside his Department, into closer collaboration in the economic background to policy decisions on the lines suggested by the Hall Report.
§ Mr. MarplesI shall take advantage of any suitable opportunity for strengthening formal collaboration between my Department and others interested in the economics of transport. But informal contacts are also of great value and I shall continue to encourage them.