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1 RAISE FROM RODGERS AD haulage costs have increased by iut

12th May 1978, Page 7
12th May 1978
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90 per cent since February 1974 — the figure for increased costs per ne-kilometre is only 15 per cent.

I pay tribute to the road haulage in;try. It has been successful in offset; higher costs with greater efficiency," nmented Transport Minister William Jgers, when he gave these figures in Commons last week.

The industry has done well in coping with these rising costs."

But Peter Mills (Tory, Devon West) spoke of the terrible effects these increases had in certain areas such as the South-West, particularly for the consumer, the farmer and the industrialist.

The Government could not avoid taking some responsibility, he said, and asked the Minister to see that road hauliers were not "clobbered" in future — by the blacklist, for example.