asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many applications for A special licences have been refused by the licensing authorities under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 of the Transport Act, 1953, because the base from which the vehicles are to operate differs from that from which the Commission operated the vehicles.

Two applications for special A licences have been refused by the licensing authorities for goods vehicles under the provisions of paragraph 4 of Part I of the First Schedule to the Transport Act of 1953.