Resulting Legislation
The only part of the report that was acted on was in the area of public transport. Colonel Wilfrid Ashley, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport put forward proposals in July 1923 that:
- The Ministry should become the traffic authority for an area with a radius of 25 miles from Charing Cross.
- An advisory committee be formed of representatives of the local authorities, police and other interests.
- The Ministry would act in coordination with the advisory committee.
- The advisory committee should consist of between 15 and 21 members and be constituted as recommended in the majority report.
Legislation to put this into effect was delayed due to a confused political situation. A draft bill was prepared just before the minority Conservative government of Stanley Baldwin collapsed in January 1924 and was replaced by a Labour Government under Ramsay McDonald. By the middle of March the new government had agreed to introduce the bill, virtually unchanged, to parliament without delay. The London Traffic Bill, creating a London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee for a defined London Traffic Area was introduced to the United Kingdom House of Commons on 26 March. The bill cleared all stages of parliament by August, and came into effect on 1 October 1924.
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