L.T. INQUIRY: NAMES SOON I N the House of Commons,

8th May 1953, Page 25

8th May 1953

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on Monday, the Minister of Transport said that he hoped shortly to announce the names of the chairman and members of the

committee of inquiry into London Transport. The inquiry was not aimed in any way at the wages and conditions of service agreed between the London Transport Executive and their employees. It would not he proper for the committee to recommend any specific changes in service agreements.

" But if, for example," said the Minister, "some such agreement relating to conditions of service appeared to them to have resulted in an uneconomical use of manpower, it would be quite proper for them to draw attention to it and to suggest that it should be examined through the appropriate negotiating machinery