NO EXTENSION OF PERMITS THE Minister of Transport answered "
9th March 1951, Page 37
9th March 1951
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no " when he was asked in the House of Commons on Monday whether hauliers' permits would be continued until the Transport (Amendment) Bill had been reported from the Standing Committee.
Sir David Maxwell Fyffe, K.C., then declared: "Do you not think that when both Houses of Parliament have approved a a principle, the national interest does demand some effort to give effect to the will of the people ? "
The Minister maintained that until the amending Bill had gone through all its stages, it could not override the Transport Act.