§ 51. Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Minister of Transport whether it is her policy to increase the size of the transport fleet of the British Railways to a level which would make them independent of private hauliers for the servicing of line-train terminals.
§ Mrs. CastleThe Railways Board's policy, with which I am in full agreement, is to provide sufficient road vehicles to deal with the volume of freightliner traffic requiring collection and delivery by its own fleet.