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)VERNMENT is taking more and more notice of public rticipation and the industry must stand up and be counted, Id Freight Transport Association director-general Mr Hugh atherstone on Tuesday.
He said that industry must make its voice heard. "MPs seem to ce the attitude that if a majority indicated it was against heavy ties, then the decision would be one of `no heavy lorries'."
The Government's noting of song views was borne out by refusal to contemplate ming to terms with the EEC heavier lorries even though knows there is no logical Bon against them, said Mr atherstone.
'The question is not iether we would like an proved environment it is siether we are prepared to y for an improved environnit in terms of more expen'e goods and less efficient service — and whether the country can afford it in terms of what it did to exports."
Mr Featherstone hit out at the Green Paper on Transport which, he said, does not even begin to deal with the real choices in these terms — and that sets a very definite limit to how much notice at the end of the day the Government could afford to pay to a popular vote expressed through public participation.