§ Mr. Marlowasked the Minister of Transport, in view of the 10 per cent. increase in staff at a time in which Tube traffic has fallen by 8 per cent. and bus traffic by 14 per cent., if he will seek to introduce legislation to give him powers to intervene in the affairs of London Transport.
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HEAVY GOODS VEHICLE TRAFFIC ON THE M1 16-hour Friday flows Junctions 9–10 Junctions 25–26 Junctions 36–37 April 1977 … … … … … 16,444 9,415 6,836 May 1977 … … … … … 15,230 9,368 6,980 June 1977 … … … … … 12,716 8,989 7,482 July 1977 … … … … … 14,710 7,584 6,891 August 1977 … … … … … 12,368 8,437 6,360 September 1977 … … … … … 15,190 9,342 7,548 October 1977 … … … … … 16,287 9,497 7,033 November 1977 … … … … … 15,693 9,048 7,104 December 1977 … … … … … 17,490 9,684 8,494 January 1978 … … … … … 15,245 9,344 6,316 February 1978 … … … … … 16,028 9,291 8,046 March 1978 … … … … … 16,920 9,639 7,752 April 1978 … … … … … 16,808 9,875 8,485 May 1978 … … … … … 16,762 9,908 8,631 June 1978 … … … … … 14,799 9,536 7,962 July 1978 … … … … … 16,765 7,744 7,833 August 1978 … … … … … 13,236 8,648 6,507 September 1978 … … … … … 16,562 9,648 8,015 October 1978 … … … … … 17,295 9,464 8,969 November 1978 … … … … … 17,021 9,694 8,127 December 1978 … … … … … 17,269 9,907 8,595 January 1979 … … … … … 13,748 7,927 5,621 February 1979 … … … … … 17,143 9,846 7,874 March 1979 … … … … … 18,332 10,288 7,326 Data for the period April 1979 to March 1980 were given in my reply of 10 June 1980
§ Mr. FowlerNo. It is already the duty of the Greater London Council under the Transport (London) Act 1969 to take the necessary steps to secure an efficient public transport service for London.