29 MARCH 1924, Page 1

* * * * We have written in a leading

article on the whole problem of London traffic, of which the present strike is only a particular aspect, but here we must briefly describe the character of the Government's Bill. It sets up an Advisory Committee to help the Minister of Transport. The Committee is to consist of a Chairman, appointed by the Minister, and twelve ordinary and six additional members. Of the ordinary members one is to be appointed by a Secretary of State, two by the London County Council, one by the City of London, two by the Minister from persons nominated by the Borough Councils, two by the Minister from persons nominated by the County Councils of Middlesex, Kent, Surrey, Essex, Hertford- shire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, one by the Minister from persons nominated by County Boroughs, one by the Metropolitan Police, one by the City Police, and one by the Minister if the Chairman is not himsel f an official of the Ministry of Transport. Of the additional members two are to be representatives of Labour, and four representatives of those who provide, or are users of, means of transport..