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Memorandum f o r the Cabinet hy t h e P a r l i a m e n t a r y
S e c r e t a r y t o t h e M i n i s t r y of T r a n s p o r t .
1.
As t h e Cabinet i s aware t h e q u e s t i o n of t h e
increasing
c o n g e s t i o n of London t r a f f i c has assumed an urgent a s p e c t and.
the Government i s b e i n g p r e s s e d by a l l p a r t i e s i n t h e House
of Commons and by the P r e s s t o f i n d some s o l u t i o n t o t h e
problem.
2.
The s u b j e c t has r e c e i v e d c o n s i d e r a t i o n from a number
of Commissions and Committees during t h e p a s t IS y e a r s .
The Royal Commission on London T r a f f i c ,
Committee on Motor T r a f f i c ,
on Transport
1 9 0 5 , the Select
1 9 1 3 , and t h e Select. Committee
(Metropolitan Area), 1919, in t h e i r reports
a l l advocated t h e s e t t i n g up of a London T r a f f i c
Authority.
F i n a l l y i n 1920 the Departmental Committee on London T r a f f i c
under t h e Chairmanship of t h e l a t e Mr. Kennedy-Jones,
appointed
by the then M i n i s t e r of T r a n s p o r t , recommended, the c r e a t i o n
of an e x e c u t i v e a u t h o r i t y as a permanent s t a t u t o r y body
under the M i n i s t e r of Transport w i t h power t o deal ""ith a l l
m a t t e r s connected with London T r a f f i c .
The o b j e c t i o n s
to
t h i s proposal were t h a t i t would, p l a c e a c o n s i d e r a b l e
charge
on the Exchequer f o r what may be regarded as a l o c a l
service,
and. would remove from t h e c o n t r o l of the l o c a l
authorities
an important s e c t i o n , of t h e work which i s i n c l u d e d i n the term
" l o c a l government s e r v i c e s " .
For t h e s e r e a s o n s and a l s o i n
view of the g e n e r a l f i n a n c i a l
s i t u a t i o n , i t was decided, not
'to. proceed, w i t h t h i s scheme at t h e t i m e , and- e f f o r t s were
made i n s t e a d t o o b t a i n an unopposed B i l l of a temporary
. character.
The d i f f i c u l t i e s
i n o b t a i n i n g an agreed, measure
proved insurmountable i n 1920, and i n 1921 t h e matter was s h e l v e d
pending t h e r e p o r t of t h e Royal Commission on London Government
p r e s i d e d over by Lord U l l s w a t e r as i t was c l e a r t h a t i f t h e
Commission r e p o r t e d i n favour of a Greater London A u t h o r i t y ,
t h a t body would become the r e q u i r e d T r a f f i c
3,
Authority.
Lord U l l s w a t e r ' s Commission has now r e p o r t e d and i n
view of t h e i r recommendations with! r e g a r d t o t r a n s p o r t ,
I
have d e c i d e d not t o pursue the s u g g e s t i o n of a T r a f f i c Autiw
o r i t y w i t h e x e c u t i v e p o w e r s , but bo recommend i n s t e a d t h a t
c e r t a i n a d d i t i o n a l powers s h o u l d he c o n f e r r e d upon t h e M i n i s t e r
of Transport o v e r a n area c o v e r i n g a r a d i u s of about 25 m i l e s
from the m e t r o p o l i s , and t h a t the M i n i s t e r should e x e r c i s e
t h o s e powers on the a d v i c e of a London & Home Counties
Traffic
Advisory Committee composed as f o l l o w s :
A Chairman a p p o i n t e d by the M i n i s t e r of T r a n s p o r t ,
1 R e p r e s e n t a t i v e of t h e Home O f f i c e
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1
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London County Council,,
1
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Corporation o f the C i t y of
London,,
1
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M e t r o p o l i t a n Borough C o u n c i l s .
1
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County C o u n c i l s of Kent
Essex, H e r t s , Surrey
M i d d l e s e x , Bucks, and
Berks
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1
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County Borough C o u n c i l s
w i t h i n the t r a f f i c
1
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1
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3 members
with
(i)
(ii)
(ill)
area,
Metropolitan P o l i c e ,
Labour engaged i n the
transport industry in
the t r a f f i c a r e a
a p p o i n t e d by the M i n i s t e r a f t e r c o n s u l t a t i o n
the i n t e r e s t s c o n c e r n e d , i n c l u d i n g
the a s s o c i a t e d Underground Railway and
Omnibus Undertakings o
o t h e r r a i l w a y s i n the t r a f f i c a r e a ,
u s e r s of horse and m e c h a n i c a l road v e h i c l e s
within the t r a f f i c area
a
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The Committee would be unpaid an:! tho S e c r e t a r y and
any n e c e s s a r y minor s t a f f would be o f f i c i a l s of t h e M i n i s t r y of
Transport.
Aa. t h e Committee would o n l y c o n s i d e r r e g u l a t i o n s or
other matters r e f e r r e d t o them by t h e M i n i s t e r , t h e t e c h n i c a l
and a d m i n i s t r a t i v e work i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h o s e matters would
be done by the o r d i n a r y s t a f f of t h e M i n i s t r y .
A l l t h i s work l a
e i t h e r an e x t e n s i o n of or v e r y c l o s e l y connected w i t h work a l r e a d y
being done.
4 .
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o f ;^he Jftni at e r .
The powers -proposed t o be c o n f e r r e d upon the M i n i s t e r
are:
(1)
i t i e s of
To o a l l f o r h a l f y e a r l y r e t u r n s from tho Highway Author­
t h e i r proposed programmes f o r t h o forthcoming six
months
of s t r e e t improvements on c e r t a i n s p e c i f i e d s t r e e t s whioh would
be the main through r o u t e s , and t o make Orders s p e c i f y i n g
the
times a t whioh each of t h e s e works s h a l l be e o m e u o e d i n order
to avoid s i m u l t a n e o u s b l o c k i n g of a l t e r n a t i v e r o u t e s .
The major part of t h e programmes of t h e Highway A u t h o r i t i e s
already some t o t h e M i n i s t r y i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e
classification
grant and t h e e n g i n e e r s of t h e Ministry a l r e a d y make s u g g e s t i o n s
to avoid t h e s i m u l t a n e o u s b l o c k i n g of a l t e r n a t i v e r o u t e s but t h e y
have m
(2)
power t o e n f o r c e t h e i r
suggestions.
To extend t o a l l road a u t h o r i t i e s i n tho area t h e power
already p o s s e s s e d by t h o s e i n Middlesex of f i x i n g a b u i l d i n g
on a r t e r i a l roads -
line
This power i s u r g e n t l y needed t o p r e v e n t the
encroachment of b u i l d i n g s on land whioh w i l l undoubtedly be r e q u i r I
ed for Road enlargement i n t h e f u t u r e .
The a s s i s t a n c e of t h e
Ministry w i l l be n e c e s s a r y i n d e f i n i n g t h i s l i n e but t h i s
is
already p a r t of t h e ordinary work of planning a r t e r i a l r o a d s .
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(5)
To make r e g u l a t i o n s w i t h r e g a r d t o
( i ) g e n e r a l c o n t r o l of t r a f f i c , e . g . p r e s c r i b i n g
t h e r o u t e s t o he f o l l o w e d by p a r t i c u l a r
c l a s s e s of t r a f f i c , t h e speed of d i f f e r e n t
c l a s s e s of v e h . L c l e s r u l e s a s t o p r e c e d e n c e ,
c o n d i t i o n s of l o a d i n g and unloading,,
d e l i v e r y of g o o d s , c o l l e c t i o n of r e f u s e ,
etc.
;
( i i ) v e h i c l e s of s p e c i a l d e s c r i p t i o n s , w a i t i n g ,
unattended or broken-down v e h i c l e s , cab
r a n k s , hackney c a r r i a g e s not h i r e d and
not on a cab rank.
( i i i ) obstructions to t r a f f i c , e.g, lighting
and guarding of s t r e e t works, e r e c t i o n of
works l i k e l y t o h i n d e r the f r e e c i r c u l a t i o n
of t r a f f i c , q u e u e s , e t c .
Each r e g u l a t i o n would be l a i d b e f o r e Parliament a s
soon a s i t i s made, and may be a n n u l l e d by His Majesty
i n Council i f an a d d r e s s i s p r e s e n t e d a g a i n s t i t
within
twenty-one d a y s .
Other- d u t i e s , of t h e Advisory, Committee.
In a d d i t i o n t o a d v i s i n g t h e M i n i s t e r i n t h e
e x e r c i c e of t h e s e new powers, I t w i l l be the duty of
t h e Committee t o r e p o r t t o him on any matter r e f e r r e d t o
them i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h a n y of h i s powers i n r e l a t i o n
t o t r a f f i c on s t r e e t s i n t h e t r a f f i c a r e a , and, i n t e r a l i a ,
on P r i v a t e B i l l s a f f e c t i n g t r a f f i c ,
including railways
b i l l s ; schemes f o r new syatemo of t r a n s p o r t snfi t h e
Improvement or e x t e n s i o n ol
the power t o s u r e s t
e x i s t i n g systems,
including
the a l l o c a t i o n of e x p e n d i t u r e
falling
on t h e highway a u t h o r i t i e s among a l l the a u t h o r i t i e s
the a r e a .
in
Such a s u g g e s t e d a l l o c a t i o n would have no b i n d i n g
f o r c e but would form a b a s i s f o r n e g o t i a t i o n i n t h e c a s e
of l a r g e r schemes r e q u i r i n g s p e c i a l
legislation.
ft a o
t3 (J
t)
I t i s not a n t i c i p a t e d t h a t i n t h e case of minor schemes
which c o u l d be done without s p e c i a l s t a t u t o r y powers,
c o n t r i b u t i o n s w i l l be r e q u i r e d from t h e whole a r e a .
6*
Conditions, on I&oonoes f o r S t a g e Carriages *
I t may be that- i n order t o cope w i t h London T r a f f i c
with f u l l e f f e c t
t h e r e s h o u l d be a power t o l i m i t the
number of omnibuses on t h e s t r e e t s .
To t a k e such a power a t
t h e moment would be t o confirm d e f i n i t e l y t h e monopoly of
t h e London General Omnibus Company and would e n t a i l
obvious
political difficulties.
Police
After d i s c u s s i o n with the
A u t h o r i t i e s i t i s considered that the necessary a l l e v i a t i o n
can be o b t a i n e d b y . c o n f e r r i n g on the l i c e n s i n g
authorities
i n the a r e a , i . e * the M e t r o p o l i t a n P o l i c e , the County
Boroughs and other a u t h o r i t i e s h a v i n g l i c e n s i n g powers i n
t h a t p a r t of t h e area not covered by the M e t r o p o l i t a n
P o l i e e , a power t o " d e f i n e r o u t e s " b o t h a s r e g a r d s
t h e i r course and t e r m i n a l p o i n t s .
A c o n d i t i o n would t h e n
be a t t a c h e d t o l i c e n c e s t h a t omnibuses must run o n l y on
these defined routes
(or s u c h of them as are s u i t a b l e f o r
t h e t y p e of v e h i c l e ) and i f n e c e s s a r y f u r t h e r
conditions
may be t h e maintenance of a r e g u l a r s e r v i c e and the
observance of a t i m e - t a b l e *
By t h o s e means i t
a n t i c i p a t e d t h a t undue crowding of p a r t i c u l a r l y
is
profitable
c e n t r a l s t r e e t s would i n f a c t be a v o i d e d ; and t h e r e would
be f r e e
c o m p e t i t i o n on equal terms *
It ii
proposed t h a t t h e e x i s t i n g
licensing
a u t h o r i t i e s s h o u l d carry oat t h i s work s u b j e c t t o a p p e a l
t o t h e M i n i s t e r who would r e f e r t h e matter t o t h e A d v i s o r y
Committee.
At p r e s e n t
licensing
Metropolitan Police,
authorities,
may r e f u s e
t h e M i n i s t e r u n d e r S e c t i o n 14
such r e f u s a l .
apart
There
area a definite
Metropolitan Police
It
authorities
in the
and t o
power t h o u g h n o t
the
imposed.
give t o
the
of
work
in
licensing
d u t y of t h e M i n i s t e r
t h e Committee would be c o n f i n e d t o t h e h e a r i n g
7.
in
a power
on t h e
any
traffic
administrative
and t h e
to
conditions,
to l i c e n c e s , though
p r - u p o s a l would, f a l l
present,
lies
t h e R o a d s Act a g a i n s t
impose c o n d i t i o n s
w i l l be seen t h a t
as at
and an a p p e a l
on a u t h o r i t i e s
a similar
connection with t h i s
the
e n a b l e s c o n d i t i o n s t o be
is t o confer
power t o
than
power t o a t t a c h
of v e h i c l e s ,
power of r e f u s a l
The new p r o p o s a l
refusal.
(3) of
i s no l e g a l
from t h e f i t n e s s
practice the
licences
other
of
and
appeals.
Expenses.
As p r e v i o u s l y e x p l a i n e d many of t h e
duties
w i t h t h e new p o w e r s a r e c o m p l e m e n t a r y t o t h o
of t h e R o a d s D e p a r t m e n t .
for the
London s t r e e t s
particularly
circumstances
mechanically-propelled,
licensing
who a r e n o t
between London and t h e
a r e so s p e c i a l t h a t
I
could result
by o t h e r
areas.
Transport
solution
of t h e
in valid
suggest
additional
that
staff
this
a year,
of t h e
expenditure
but
it
regulations
of
and t h e
the police
a
road,
many
authorities
differentiation
country.
; The
conditions
establishment
similar
the expenses
of
of t h e
cn t h e Road F u n d
Committee
the
of
I do
should exceed in the f i r s t
must be r e c o g n i s e d t h a t
this
treatment
r e q u i r e d , by t h e M i n i s t r y
p r o b l e m of L o n d o n t r a f f i c
and
special
and h a v i n g
demands f o r
s h o u l d b e mads a c h a r g e
think that
£10,000
I
rest
do n o t t h i n k t h e
committee
including the
justifies
authorities,
making
traffic,
either
duties
interests
in London, being t h e C a p i t a l
highway a u t h o r i t i e s
or t h e
in the
connection
ordinary
S p e o i a l powers for
are required
in
not
instance
satisfactory
Must i n v o l v e t e c h n i c a l
and a d m i n i s t r a t i v e work r e q u i r i n g c o n s i d e r a b l e s p e c i a l
8.
staff.
A scheme on t h e s e l i n e s has been d i s c u s s e d w i t h most
of the important i n t e r e s t s c o n c e r n e d , and. a c e r t a i n measure
of agreement h a s been r e a c h e d .
With t h e p e r m i s s i o n of t h e
Prime M i n i s t e r I announced i n t h e Hou.se t h a t I - h o p e d t o be
able t o make a statement b e f o r e t h e r e c e s s .
I should be g l a d
t h e r e f o r e of t h e approval of t h e Home A f f a i r s Committee t o t h e
i n t r o d u c t i o n of a B i l l on t h e s e l i n e s , and of t h e i r
authority
t o s t a t e i n t h e House t h a t i t w i l l be introduced i n t h e Autumn
session.
n
24th J u l y , I 9 S 5 .
(Initialled)
W.A.
DRAFT
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B I L L
TO
Make further provision for the control and regula- A D . 1923;
tion of traffic in and near London, and for
—
purposes connected therewith.
B
E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and consent of the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same,
5 as follows :—­
10
15
20
25
1
1.—(1) For the purpose of giving advice and
assistance in manner provided by this Act to the
Minister of Transport (hereinafter referred to as the
Minister)' in connection with the exercise and performance
of his powers and duties in relation to traffic within the
area described in the First Schedule to this Act
(hereinafter ' referred to as the London Traffic Area)
there shall be constituted a committee, to be called the
London and Home Counties Advisory Committee and
hereinafter referred to as the Advisory Committee,
consisting of a chairman appointed by the Minister and
eleven other members appointed as follows:—One member appointed by a Secretary of State:
One member appointed by the London County
Council:
One member appointed by the Corporation of the
City of London:
One member appointed by the Minister from amongst
nominees selected by the councils of the several
metropolitan boroughs:
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Constitn­
tion of
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One member appointed by the Minister from amongst
nominees selected by the councils of the admini­
strative counties of Middlesex, Kent, Surrey,
Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire :
One member appointed by the Minister from amongst 5
nominees selected by the councils of the several
county boroughs within the London Traffic Area:
One member representative of the metropolitan
police appointed by a Secretary of State:
One member representative of the interests of 10
labour engaged in the transport industry within
the London Traffic Area appointed by the Minister
. after consultation with such bodies representative
of those interests as he may think fit:
Three members representative of the interests herein­ 15
after mentioned appointed by the Minister after
consultation with such bodies representative of
those interests as he may think desirable; and
of those members one shall be representative of
the Associated Underground Railway and Omnibus 20
Undertaking within the London Traffic Area.;
one shall be representative of the other railway
undertakings wholly or partly within the London
Traffic Area; and one shall be representative of
the users of mechanically propelled and horse­ 25
drawn road vehicles within the London Traffic
Area.
i'
(2) The first members of the Advisory Committee
appointed shall hold office until the first day of May,
nineteen hundred and twenty-five, and shall then retire, 30
and subject to the provisions as to the. term of office
of persons appointed to fill casual vacancies, persons
subsequently appointed shall hold office for three years
and shall then go out of office; but a person going out
of office may be re-appointed.
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(3) On a casual vacancy occurring on the Advisory
Committee by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise,
the vacancy shall be filled by the appointment of a new
member in like manner as the member in whose place
he is appointed, and he shall hold office until the time 40
when the member in whose place he is appointed would
have gone out of office, and shall then go out of office.
(4) The Minister may place at the disposal of the A.D. 1923.
Advisory Committee the services of such of his officers
—:
and servants as appear to him to be. required for the
purpose of the . proper discharge of the duties of the
5 Committee.
(5) The Advisory Committee shall make an annual
report of their proceedings to the Minister, which shall
be laid before Parliament.
(6) The proceedings of the Advisory Committee shall
1 0 not be invalidated by any vacancy in their number or
any defect in the appointment of any member.
2. It shall be the duty of the Advisory Committee Duties o f
to report to and advise the Minister upon such matters Advisory
and questions as may be referred to them under this Committee.
1 5 Act, or as the Minister may from time to time refer to
them in connection with the establishment in the
London Traffic Area of new transport systems, or the
development, improvement, extension or co-ordination
of existing systems, or the development, improvement
20 or extension of the existing system of road communica­
tion in the London Traffic Area and in particular in
connection with any of the matters mentioned in the
Second Schedule to this Act.
3.—(1) In any case where the Advisory Committee
think it desirable or expedient so to do, the Committee
may, before advising and reporting to the Minister
on any matter referred to them in pursuance of this
Act, appoint one or more oi their number to hold, or may
if they think it advisable, themselves hold such public
3 0 inquiry into the matter as they may think fit, and when
one or more members of the Advisory Committee are
appointed to hold the inquiry they shall make a report
thereon to the Committee.
(2) The Minister may delegate to any one or more
3 5 members of the Advisory Committee, or to the Committee
themselves, the duty of holding any inquiry respecting
any matter affecting traffic within the London Traffic
Area which under any other Act the Minister is autho­
rised or required to hold.
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(3) Before any such inquiry is held the Advisory
Committee shall give public notice of the date and place
at which the inquiry will be held and of the matters to
' be dealt with at the inquiry, and any person affected
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140
A 2
p werof
Advisory
Committee
0
*
0
inquiries.
A.D. 1923.
Closing of
roads for
street
works.
may make representations to the member or,members
holding the inquiry, or in the case of an inquiry held by
the Advisory Committee themselves to that Committee,
and, unless in their discretion such member or members
or the Committee consider it unnecessary, shall be heard 5
at the inquiry.
:.
(4) The Advisory Committee may, subject to the
approval of the Minister, make rules for regulating the
procedure at any such inquiry.
4 . — ( 1 ) With a view that the times for the execu­ 1 0
tion of works of road maintenance and improvement by
various road authorities within the London Traffic Area
may be so arranged as to mitigate as far as possible the
congestion of traffic due to the closing of roads for the
purposes of the execution of such works, it shall be the 1 5
duty of every road authority within that area to submit
to the Minister on or before the
day of
and the .
day of
in each year a statement in
such form and containing such particulars as the Minister 2 0
may require of all such works of road maintenance and
improvement proposed to be commenced and carried out
by the authority during the periods of six months
commencing on the first day of
and
the first day of
next after the said
25
day of
and
day of
respectively, as will involve the closing to (Vehicular
traffic of the whole or any part of any of the streets
to which this section applies for a longer period than
at any one time, or the serious 30
interference with traffic in any such street.
( 2 ) The Minister shall refer all such statements to
the Advisory Committee, and it. shall be the duty of
that Committee to, consider the proposals contained in
such statements in relation to one another and report to 3 5
the Minister thereon; and the Minister, after considering
the report, shall draw up a scheme prescribing the
times during which the several works are to be com­
menced and the order in which they are to be executed,
and if any of the road authorities refuse or fail to agree 4 0
with the scheme, the Minister may, by order, confirm
the scheme, either with or without modifications, and
thereupon the scheme shall become final and binding on
all the road authorities affected and shall not be subject'
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to appeal to any court.
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( 3 ) With a view to securing that, so far as possible,
all works involving the breaking up of streets by the Post­
master-General and water, gas, electricity, tramway
and other undertakers having statutory powers to break
up streets,. shall be carried out at the same time as or
in connection with works of repair and maintenance of
streets, the Minister shall send to all such undertakers
copies of the proposals of the road authorities received
by him under this section so far as they relate to streets
to which the powers of the undertakers extend, and
of the scheme when made by the Minister; and where
works of road repair or maintenance involving the closing
of the whole or part of the street have been executed
in accordance with any such scheme, i t shall not be lawful
for any such undertakers within six months of com­
pletion of those works to break up the street or part of
the street so closed unless they prove to the satisfaction
of the Minister that the works for the execution of which
they require to break up the street could not reasonably
have been executed whilst the street or part thereof
Avas closed, and that i t is essential that they should be
executed or commenced within the said six months.
A.D. 1923.,
( 4 ) Nothing in this section shall prevent any road
authority or any such undertakers as aforesaid from carry­
2 5 ing out works in any streets in cases of emergency.
( 5 ) The streets to which this section applies are
such streets or streets of such classes within the London
Traffic Area a s may be prescribed by a n order made by
the Minister.
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5 . — ( 1 ) Section sixty-four of the Middlesex County Extension of
Council (General Powers) Act, 1 9 2 1 (enabling a building 11 & 12 Geo.
line to be prescribed i n certain cases), a s set out and London
adapted in the Third Schedule to this Act, shall extend traffic ^
to the whole of the London Traffic Area except the other than
administrative counties of London and Middlesex.
London and
r e a
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(2) The Minister before giving a certificate or
consent under the said section, either a s originally enacted
or a s extended by this section, shall refer the matter to
the Advisory Committee for their report thereon.
6.—(1) Every authority having power to license
omnibuses to ply for hire within the London Traffic Area
or any part thereof may make regulations prescribing by
reference to terminal points and to the course to be
Middlesex.
Licensing of
omnibuses,
followed between those points the routes (hereinafter
called " prescribed routes") within the area of its
licensing jurisdiction upon which regular services of
omnibuses may be established.
(2) When licensing an omnibus to ply for, hire
within the London Traffic Area or any part thereof a
licensing authority may, subject to the right of appeal to
the Minister given by subsection (3) of section fourteen
of the Roads Act, 1920, attach to any such licence a
condition that the omnibus shall not ply for hire except
upon prescribed routes and may also attach to such
licence conditions with respect to the maintenance of a
regular service and the observance of a time-table by the
proprietor of the omnibus and also, but only on the
ground that the omnibus is by reason of its construction
or equipment unsuitable for use on such routes, a con­
dition that the omnibus shall not ply for hire upon
specified prescribed routes.
(3) If the proprietor of any omnibus to whom a
licence subject to any conditions is granted fails to
comply with those conditions he shall be guilty of an
offence and fiable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding five pounds, and upon the conviction of the
proprietor of an omnibus of a second or subsequent
offence under this section the licensing authority may
if they think fit revoke or suspend any licence granted
subject to the condition with which the proprietor has
so failed to comply.
(4) Nothing in this section shall render the pro­
prietor of an omnibus liable to any penalty for any
deviation from a prescribed route if he proves that the
,: deviation was made in consequence of any regulation or
directions made or given by a police authority.
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Power to
7.—(1) For the purpose of relieving congestion and
make
- providing for the regulation of traffic in and near 35
regulations. JLondon, the Minister may make regulations to have
effect in the London Traffic Area or any such part
thereof and places and streets therein as may be specified
in the regulations for any of the purposes or with
reference to any of the matters set out in the Fourth 40
Schedule to this Act.
(2) Any such regulations may provide for the repeal
or suspension of any of the provisions of any local Acts,
byelaws, or regulations in force within the London A.D. 1923.
Traffic Area which deal with the same subject-matters
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as the regulations made by the Minister.
(3) Any such regulations may provide for imposing
5 fines recoverable summarily in respect of breaches
thereof not exceeding in the case of a first offence twenty
pounds, or in the case of a second or subsequent offence
fifty pounds, together with, in the case of a continuing
offence, a further fine not exceeding five pounds for
10 each day the offence continues after notice of the offence
has been given in such manner as may be prescribed by
the regulations.
(4) Before making any regulations under this sec­
lion, the Minister shall refer the matter to the Advisory
15 Committee for their advice and support.
(5) Any regulation made under this section shall be
laid before each House of Parliament as soon as may be
after it is made, and if an Address is presented to His
Majesty within twenty-one days on which that House
20 has sat next after any such regulation has been laid
before it praying that the regulation may be annulled,
His Majesty in Council shall annul the regulation, and it
shall thenceforth be void without prejudice to the
validity of anything previously done thereunder.
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8. The Minister may pay the reasonable travelling
expenses of members of the Advisory Committee incurred
in connexion with the holding of public inquiries under
this Act, and those payments and all other expenses of
the Minister under this Act shall be defrayed out of the
30 road fund.
Expenses,
9 . Por the purposes of this Act unless the context
otherwise requires—
The expressions " street " and " road " respectively
include any highway and any bridge carrying
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a highway, and any lane, mews, footway, square,
court, alley or passage whether a thoroughfare
or not;
The expression " road authority " means in relation
to any street or road the county council, borough
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council or district council for the time being
charged with the duty of maintaining or re­
pairing the street or road;
Definitions,
A.D. 1923.
—
The expression " omnibus " includes every omnibus,
char-a-banc, wagonette, brake, stage-coach, or
other carriage (not being a tram car) plying for
hire or used to carry passengers at settled fares.
Short title
10. This Act may be cited -as the London Traffic 5
and com- Act, 1923, and shall come into operation on the
menooment. j[ y f
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SCHEDULES.
FIRST
A.
SCHEDULE.
LONDON TBAITIC AREA.
The Traffic Area shall include the following areas all as
5 constituted at the date of the passing of this Act :—
The Administrative County of London;
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The Administrative County of Middlesex;
The County Boroughs of Croydon, East H a m and West H a m ;
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So much of the Administrative County of Berks as
comprises :-—
The Borough of New Windsor;
The Parish of Old Windsor in the Rural District of
Windsor;
So muoh of the Administrative County of Buckingham as
comprises :—
The Urban Districts of Beaconsfield, E t o n and
Slough;
The Rural District of E t o n ;
The Parishes of Amersham, Chalfont St. Giles,
Chalfont St. Peter, Chenies and P e n n ; Coleshill
Hamlet and Seer Green Chapelry in the Rural
District of Amersham;
So muoh of the Administrative County of Essex as
comprises :—
The Urban Districts of Barking Town, Brentwood,
Buckhurst Hill, Chingford, Epping, Grays, Thur­
rock, Ilford, Leyton, Loughton, Romford, Tilbury,
Waltham Holy Cross, Walthamstow, Wanstead and
Woodford;
The Rural Districts of Billericay, Epping, Ongar,
Orsett, and Romford;
So much of the Administrative County of Hertford as com­
prises :—
The Boroughs of St. Alban, Hertford and Watford;
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The Urban Districts of Barnet, Bushey, Cheshvmt,
Chorleywood, East Barnet Valley, Harpenden,
Hoddesdon, Rickmansworth and Ware;
The Rural Districts of Baraet, Hatfield, Hertford,
St. Alban's, Ware, Watford and Welwyn; and the 5
detached part (lying between the Rural Districts of
Ware and Epping) of the Parish of High Wych in the
Rural District of Hadliam;
So much of the Administrative County of Kent as com­
prises :—
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The Boroughs of Bromley and Gravesend;
The Urban Districts of Beckenham, Bexley, Chislehurst,
Crayford, Dartford, Erith, Northfleet, Penge, Seven­
oaks and Sidcup;
The Rural Districts of Bromley and Dartford;
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The Parishes of Brasted (excluding the detached
portion), Chevening, Dunton Green, Halstead,
Kensing, Otford, Riverhead, Seal, Sevenoaks, Weald,
Shoreham, Sundridge and Westerham in the Rural
District of Sevenoaks;)
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So much of the Administrative County of Surrey as com­
prises :—
The Boroughs of Guildford, Kingston-upon-Thames,
Reigate, Richmond and Wimbledon;
The Urban Districts of Barnes, Beddington and 25
Wallington, Carshalton, Caterham, Chertsey, Couls­
don and Purley, Dorking, East and West Molesey,
Egham, Epsom, Esher and the Dittons, Ham,
Leatherhead, Merton and Morden, Mitcham, Slir­
biton, Sutton, The Maldons and Coombe, Walton­ 30
upon-Thames, Weybridge and Woldng;
The Rural District of Epsom;
. The Parishes of Bisley, Byfleet, Pyrford and Thorpe in
the Rural District of Chertsey;
The Parishes of Dorking Rural, Emngham and 35
Micldeham in the Rural District of Dorking;
The Parishes of Addington, Bletchingley, Chelsham,
Crowhurst, Farleigh, Godstone (except the detached
portion), Limpsfield, Oxted, Tandridge (except so
much of the said Parish as lies to the south of an 40
imaginary straight lure drawn from the point where
' the western boundary of the said Parish joins the
southern boundary of the Parish of Godstone to
the point where the eastern boundary of the said
Parish joins the southern boundary of the Parish
of Crowhurst), Tatsfield, Titsey, Warlingham and
Woldiugham in the Rural District of Godstone;
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The Parishes of Artington, East Clandon, East
Horsley, Merrow, Ockham, Pirbright, Send and
Ripley, West Clandon, West Horsley, Wisley and
Worplesdon; and part of the Parish of Compton in
the Rural District of Guildford; .
The Parishes of St. Martha (Chilworth) and Shalford
in the Rural District of Hambledon; and
The Parishes of Betchworth, Buckland, Chaldon,
Chipstead, Gatton, Merstham, Nutfield and Walton­
on-the-Hill; and Kingswood Liberty in the Rural
District of Reigate.
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SECOND
SCHEDULE.
PARTICULAR MATTERS WHICH MAY BE REFERRED TO
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Particular matters which may be referred to Advisory
Committee:—
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(a) The making of reports to Parliament by the Minister
upon or in connection with any Private Bill whioh may
affect traffic within the London Traffic Area or any part
thereof;
(6) Schemes for new systems and means of transport or
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communication or for the development, improvement or
extension of existing systems within the London Traffic
Area;
(c) Schemes for co-operation between the same or different
forms of road transport services, and between road
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transport and other means of transport with a view to
the combined operation of all means of transport in
the London Traffic Area in the best interests of the
public;
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(d) The fixing of building or frontage lines on roads and
the provision for the future widening and realignment
of roads "within the London Traffic Area;
(e) The causes tending to hinder the free circulation of
traffic on streets in the London Traffic Area and the
measures to be adopted to remove such causes or to
minimise their effects;
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A.D. 1923.
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(0 The desirability of the revision, simplification, codification
and extension of existingenactments, orders, regulations
and byelaws and of the initiation of new legislation
with regard to or affecting traffic on streets in the
London Traffic Area;
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(g) The making of new orders, byelaws' and regulations
(including the fixing of speed limits) relating to traffic
on streets in the London Traffic A r e a ;
(h) The manner in which the cost of any scheme of road
development improvement or extension should be 1 0
apportioned amongst the various road authorities in
the London Traffic Area;
(i) The exercise of any of the powers of the Minister from
whatsoever source derived in relation to traffic on streets
in t h e London Traffic Area.
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THIRD
SCHEDULE.
SECTION 6 4 OF THE MIDDLESEX COXTNTY COUNCIL
(GENERAL POWERS) ACT, 1 9 2 1 , ADAPTED.
64.—(1) If any road in any part of the London traffic area
other than the administrative county of London or the admin- 2 0
istrative county of Middlesex, shall be certified hy the Minister
under the hand of the secretary or an assistant secretary of
the Ministry of Transport, to be an arterial road, or a road
as regards which such provision should be inade to facilitate
the future widening thereof to meet development of traffic, the 2 5
Road Authority may, with the consent of the Minister, prescribe
a building line (in this section called the " building line ") in
such road or any part thereof.
(2) The building line which, in any case, the Road Authority
propose to prescribe and define shall be distinctly marked and 3 0
shown on plans to be signed by the surveyor of the road
authority and deposited with the clerk of the council of the
administrative county and the clerk to the local authority within
whose area the whole or any part of such road is situated, or,
if the road is situated in a county borough, with the clerk of the 35
council of that borough, and such plans shall be at all reasonable
times thereafter open for the inspection of the public without
charge, and one month at least before the road authority formally
prescribe and define the building line they shall cause notice in
writing of the deposit of the said plans to be given to every owner 40
of land affected whose name and address they can ascertain.
(3) I t shall not be' lawful to bring forward any building,
construction, erection, nor any part thereof, nor any addition
thereto, other than boundary walls or fences, nor to make any
any permanent excavation in front of the building line.
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(4) The road authority may a t any time after the building
line has been prescribed, on giving three months' notice in
writing to the owner of any building or erection whioh, or any
part of which, was beyond or in front of the building line at the
date when the same was so prescribed require t h a t such building
1 0 or erection shall be pulled down set' back or altered, so t h a t the
same shall not project beyond or in front of the building line.
(5) The Road Authority may by three months' notice in
writing to all or any persons interested in all or any p a r t of any.
land lying between the building line and the road require the
1 5 persons to whom such notice is given to sell their respective
interests in such land to the road authority and thereupon such
persons shall sell and the road authority shall purchase the interests
of such persons in the land in respect of which the road authority
have given the notice.
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(6) In the event of any building or erection being pulled
clown, set back, or altered in accordance with any requirement
of the road authority under this section, or in the event of any
building or erection being erected to the building line in any
road (other than a street or part thereof in which a t the time the
2 5 building line is prescribed, there is a regular building line already
defined by the character and position of the buildings erected
therein), the road authority shall make compensation to the owner,
lessee and tenant of any such building or erection, or to any of
them for any loss or damage sustained by such owner, lessee or
3 0 tenant by, or in consequence of, such building or erection being
pulled down, set back or altered, or in consequence of any building
or erection not being allowed to be erected in front of the building
line, as the same may be.
(7) Any person who shall contravene any of the provisions
3 5 of this section shall, for every such offence, be liable to a penalty
not exceeding ten pounds and to a daily penalty not exceeding
five pounds for each day on which such offence is continued
after conviction in respect thereof.
(8) The provisions of the Acquisition of Land (Assessment
4 0 . of Compensation) Act, 1919, shall apply to the ascertainment of
any compensation or purchase money payable under this section.
(9) The provisions of this section shall not extend or apply
to any building, construction, erection, or lands belonging to a
railway company and held by them for the purposes of the
4 5 railway.
A.D. 1923.
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A.B. 1923.
F O U R T H
SCHEDULE.
PURPOSES OR MATTERS FOR OR WITH RESPECT
TO WHICH REGULATIONS MAY BE MADE BY
THE MINISTER.
A.—General Control of Traffic.
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( 1 ) For prescribing the routes to be followed, by all classes
of traffic, or of any particular class or classes of traffic or vehicles,
between any specified points, or between any specified times.
(2) For prescribing streets which are not to be used for
traffic by vehicles of any specified class or classes either generally 1 0
or at specified times.
(3) For prescribing the speed of vehicles, or of any class
or classes of vehicles, and the relative position in the roadway
of traffic of differing speeds or types.
(4) For prescribing the places where a vehicle may not 1 5
turn for the purpose of proceeding in the opposite direction, or
the places where a vehicle may only so turn under conditions
prescribed by the regulations.
(5) For prescribing the conditions subject to which articles
of unusual weight or dimensions may be carried by road, or 2 0
loaded on to or unloaded from vehicles.
(6) For prescribing the conditions subject to which [sanitary
vehicles, or] vehicles delivering or collecting goods or merchandise,
or vehicles delivering goods or merchandise of any particular
class or classes, may stand in streets, or any specified streets.
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(7) For prescribing the conditions subject to which, and
the times at which, vehicles may be used for collecting house and
street refuse.
(8) For prescribing the rules as to precedence [or otherwise]
to be observed as between vehicles proceeding in the same direc­ 3 0
tion, or in opposite directions, or when crossing. ;
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(9) For prescribing the conditions subject to which, and
the times at which, horses, cattle, sheep and other animals may
be led or driven on streets.
(10) As to the erection, exhibition, and removal of traffic 3 5
notices, and the form, plan, and character of such notices.
B.—Vehicles of special descriptions. ;
(1) As to waiting vehicles.
(2) As to vehicles used for purposes of advertisement.
(3) As to broken down vehicles.
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(4) As to unattended vehicles.
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(5) As to cab ranks and ranks and stopping places of
omnibuses, and other public conveyances.
(0) cabs and hackney carriages not hired and being in a
5 street elsewhere than on a cab rank.
C,—Obstructions to
Traffic,
(1) As to the lighting and guarding of street works.
(2) As to the provision of sufficient headroom in the
construction of new bridges over streets and the proper marking
10 and lighting of structures across streets which do not provide
sufficient headroom.
(3) As to the erection or placing or the removal of any
works or objects likely to hinder the free circulation of traffic
in any street.
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(4) As to queues of persons waiting in streets for public
vehicles or for admission to places of entertainment.
London Traffic Bill.
DRAFT
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To make further provision for tho con­
trol and regulation of traffic in and
near London, and for purposes con­
nected therewith.
CXXXY.
(2.)
26th July 1923.
140-2
Mempranduiri by t h e Minlster^ Of H e a l t h .
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I n Paragraph 1 2 ( 1 ) o f my Memorandum C P . 2 6 6 ( 2 3 )
on t h e q u e s t i o n o f an Exchequer Grant f o r N e c e s s i t o u s Areas
I s t a t e d my v i e w t h a t "no b l o c k grant from t h e Exchequer should
be g i v e n i n r e s p e c t o f t h e e x c e p t i o n a l burdens caused by
unemployment a l t h o u g h a s s i s t a n c e t o Boards of Guardians should
be c o n t i n u e d en t h e l i n e s h i t h e r t o f o l l o w e d ,
talcing t h e r i s k
t h a t i n c e r t a i n c a s e s i t may n o t be p o s s i b l e t o o b t a i n r e p a y ­
ment of l o a n s t o them".
S i n c e t h i s Memorandum was w r i t t e n , at t h e i n s t a n c e
of t h e Chairman of Ways and Means and S i r Samuel R o b e r t s , I
have s e e n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e
d e p u t a t i o n from S h e f f i e l d who
d e v e l o p e d w i t h c o n s i d e r a b l e cogency t h e arguments f o r
e x c e p t i o n a l t r e a t m e n t of t h e i r a r e a , on t h e ground t h a t vfoile
t h e r a t e burden i n t h e d i s t r i c t
was m a i n t a i n e d at i t s p r e s e n t
l e v e l i t would b e n e x t t o i m p o s s i b l e f o r the l o c a l
t o recover t h e i r f o r e i g n markets.
industries
I t was, f o r i n s t a n c e ,
p o i n t e d out t h a t a c c o r d i n g t o an a n a l y s i s made by M e s s r s .
V i c k e r s , t h e c o s t per t o n of s t e e l ,
after allowing for
i n c r e a s e d r a t e a b l e v a l u e and reduced p r o d u c t i o n ,
included
£ 1 . 1 4 . 3 . a t t r i b u t a b l e t o r a t e s i n t h e two h a l f - y e a r s
ended
3 0 t h September 1922 a g a i n s t 4 s . i n the two h a l f - y e a r s ended
3 1 s t March, 1 9 1 3 .
S i m i l a r e v i d e n c e from o t h e r firms had
b e e n put, b e f o r e an I n s p e c t o r o f my Department l a s t
winter,
when he v;as c o n d u c t i n g an I n q u i r y i n t o Poor Law a d m i n i s t r a t i o n
at S h e f f i e l d .
I n c i d e n t a l l y I may remark here t h a t
this
I n q u i r y i n d i c a t e d t h a t t h e h i g h e x p e n d i t u r e on r e l i e f was
not due t o m a l a d m i n i s t r a t i o n or u n j u s t i f i a b l e
l a x i t y on
t h e part of the S h e f f i e l d Board of Guardians i n a d m i n i s t e r i n g
relief.
I quote the S h e f f i e l d , c a s e b e c a u s e i t l a a good
i n s t a n c e of the c a s e of t h e n e c e s s i t o u s a r e a s which the
Government have t o meet from a l l p a r t s of the House and not
l e a s t from ouC own s u p p o r t e r s from t h e i n d u s t r i a l
areas.
The demand f o r s p e c i a l a s s i s t a n c e has b e e n
growing I n i n t e n s i t y and I do not t h i n k i t w i l l be p o s s i b l e
f o r the House to adjourn w i t h o u t the Government making some
f u r t h e r p o s i t i v e s t a t e m e n t of p o l i c y t o d e a l w i t h t h i s
difficult
situation.
Accordingly, I
put forward t h e
f o l l o w i n g proposal f o r a s s i s t a n c e "along the l i n e of
policy
a l r e a d y s u g g e s t e d namely o f l o a n s a d m i n i s t e r e d by t h e
Gos^chen Crmraittee:- - i t w i l l be remembered t h a t at p r e s e n t
the main t i t l e t o a Gos^chenloan i s t h a t t h e Guardians
cannot t h e m s e l v e s r a i s e money e x c e p t on p r o h i b i t i v e terms ­
(a)
I n d i v i d u a l c a s e s t o be c o n s i d e r e d on t h e i r m e r i t s
and save i n very e x c e p t i o n a l c i r c u m s t a n c e s
loan
a s s i s t a n c e not t o be g i v e n i n the c a s e o f any Union
I n which the r a t e i n the £ f o r a l l purposes i n any
p a r t of the Union I s e q u i v a l e n t t o a r a t e f o r a y e a r
of not more than 1 7 s . 6 d . and t h e e x p e n d i t u r e on the
r e l i e f of t h e poor, i n c l u d i n g l o a n c h a r g e s p r o p e r l y
payable on l o a n s a l r e a d y r a i s e d f o r c u r r e n t expenses,
Is
e q u i v a l e n t t o n o t more than a r a t e of
4s.6d.
for
a year,
(b)
I n my case i n which t h e r e i s prime f a c i e ground f o r
a s s i s t a n c e under ( a ) the Guardians would be r e q u i r e d
t o c o n s i d e r w i t h the m u n i c i p a l a u t h o r i t i e s on whom
t h e y precept f o r the poor r a t e , what maximum r a t e
can r e a s o n a b l y be l e v i e d , f o r t h e r e l i e f of t h e p o o r ,
having regard t o t h e t o t a l r a t e burden i n t h e area
and other l o c a l
(c)
circumstances.
I f the M i n i s t r y of H e a l t h i s s a t i s f i e d t h a t t h e
proposed r a t e i s r e a s o n a b l e , as c l o s e a budget as
p o s s i b l e would be r e q u i r e d t o be drawn f o r the
ensuing h a l f - y e a r on t h e b a s i s of the p r o c e e d s of the
r a t e s u g g e s t e d and t h e e s t i m a t e d e x p e n d i t u r e ,
after
allowing for a l l p o s s i b l e economies.
(d)
I f t h i s budget shovjs an e s t i m a t e d d e f i c i t t h e M i n i s t r y
of H e a l t h would t h e n s a n c t i o n a l o a n f o r 5 , 7 or 10
y e a r s , a s t h e c i r c u m s t a n c e s r e q u i r e d , f o r a round sum
approximately e q u i v a l e n t t o t h e e s t i m a t e d d e f i c i t
and
t h e Goslchaa Oommittee would make advances as r e q u i r e d
during t h e h a l f - y e a r .
( I t i s , of c o u r s e ,
Important
t h a t t h e l o a n s h o u l d be f i x e d i n amount b e f o r e the
expenditure i s
(e)
Incurred).
.The q u e s t i o n o f terms as t o payment o f I n t e r e s t and
repayment of l o a n would be c o n s i d e r e d i n each c a s e , t h e
most f a v o u r a b l e normally b e i n g postponement of payment
of I n t e r e s t and repayment of i n s t a l m e n t s of p r i n c i p a l
f o r t h r e e y e a r s from t h e d a t e of the advance, though i n
some very s p e c i a l c a s e s t o t a l r e m i s s i o n may have t o be
allowed.
The Guardians and l o c a l a u t h o r i t y i n an a r e a
where a l o a n i s conceded would be informed t h a t at the.
end of t h e p e r i o d of postponement, t h e M i n i s t r y w i l l
r e v i e w the t h e n e x i s t i n g s i t u a t i o n I n c o n s u l t a t i o n
w i t h them and d e c i d e what i s f a i r and r e a s o n a b l e ;
The above p r o p o s a l i s a rough and ready way of
r e l i e v i n g t h e immediate r a t e burden i n the h a r d e s t h i t
localities,
I do not t h i n k t h a t a s t r i c t l y
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scientific
b a s i s i s at present a t t a i n a b l e .
The time f o r t h i s
will
come when t h e q u e s t i o n a r i s e s hew f a r the l o a n s are t o
be r e m i t t e d .
By t h a t time I hope t h a t t h e new V a l u a t i o n
and Rating p r o p o s a l s
w i l l be i n o p e r a t i o n s i n c e without
them i t i s i m p o s s i b l e t o judge what t h e r e a l
financial
burdens of t h e l o c a l i t i e s may b e .
The above p r d p o s a l s a r e , i t w i l l be s e e n ,
an e x t e n s i o n of t h e arrangements which have s u f f i c e d
the l a s t two d i f f i c u l t y e a r s .
Since the l o c a l
simply
during
authority
w i l l have t o bear i n mind t h e c o n t i n g e n c y of repayment,
t h e y w i l l have an i n o e n t l v e t o economy, t h e absence o f which
i s s o cogent an argument a g a i n s t any system o f f r e e g r a n t s
aid of poor law r e l i e f e x p e n d i t u r e ,
I t i s probable
in
also
t h a t no f r e e grant which c o u l d be contemplated i n p r e s e n t
f i n a n c i a l c i r c u m s t a n c e s would a f f o r d as much a s s i s t a n c e as
can be g i v e n under t h e s e p r o p o s a l s or go so f a r i n Immediately
r e l i e v i n g t h e r a t e burden on i n d u s t r i e s .
I e s t i m a t e t h a t t h e t o t a l c o s t of t h e scheme i n
t h e c u r r e n t h a l f - y e a r on the b a s i s I have o u t l i n e d should
not e x c e e d £1,,000,000 f o r England and Wales,
In succeeding
h a l f - y e a r s t h i s amount w i l l vary as c o n d i t i o n s g e t b e t t e r
or w o r s e , and I c a n n o t , of c o u r s e , judge when the arrangement
c a n be brought t o an e n d .
I ask f o r Cabinet
(1)
sanction
t o t h e p r i n c i p l e of t h e above scheme
(3) t o /my making a g e n e r a l statement on t h e s u b j e c t
i n c l u d i n g t h e p r o p o s a l s f o r t h e temporary r e m i s s i o n o f
l o a n charges but without s p e c i f y i n g t h e maximum p e r i o d
of t h r e e y e a r s which I have i n mind i n t h i s
connection.
I s h o u l d n o t , of course,, at p r e s e n t r e f e r t o any
- 4 ­
9 /? o
p o s s i b i l i t y of complete r e m i s s i o n which may be n e c e s s a r y
in
certain casesj
( 3 ) to t h e n e c e s s a r y amendment of t h e terms of r e f e r e n c e of t h e
Goslpholu. Committee t o be s e t t l e d between t h e C h a n c e l l o r o f
the Exchequer and m y s e l f ,
N.C.
Ministry of H e a l t h ,
Whitehall,
j
a-: M
S.W.1.
July 2 4 t h , 1923',