I am trying to say that there is a close connection between the staff shortage, with the danger of an imminent Crisis in Public Transport, and the difficulties which will be brought about by the introduction of the Order.

Member from a Midlands constituency warned him of the connection between… an imminent Crisis in Public Transport, and the difficulties which will be brought about by the introduction of the Order.

We shall before the end of the year face a grave Crisis in Public Transport.

I turn, first, to the Public Transport Crisis.

Let us hope that, in the present Crisis of Public Transport, we can use the opportunity to secure that greater co-operation and to provide the services that the public need, and not just those which the establishment think the public need.

There is a Crisis of Public Transport.

My own fear is that there is already a considerable Crisis in Public Transport, in regard to which the Government are not acting speedily.

He made some fundamental points about the Crisis in Public Transport, and, by implication, if not explicitly, he damned the Bill as inadequate.

I assume that my hon. Friend had a momentary lapse, or a fit of compassion, and decided to try to save the Government the embarrassment of having to admit in a more public place that they had no policy to deal with the Crisis of Public Transport, which I find appalling.

His motion speaks of the Crisis in Public Transport.