§ 24. Sir G. Sinclairasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what progress she has made in her investigations, undertaken jointly with the 81W Minister of Transport, into the licensing of mini-buses for school transport; and if she will make a statement.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonMy right hon. Friend has recently received from the hon. Member for Wirral (Mr. Hunt) details of the Passenger Vehicles (Educational and Other Purposes) Bill, including this subject which he presented to the House on 22nd December last. She is carefully considering, in the light of the investigations to which the hon. Member refers, whether the Bill can be given Government support; but the matter is primarily one for her right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport, since it involves the provisions of the Road Traffic Acts.