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INFO ROUTINE VANCOUVER
EXPO '86: VISITS BY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT (DOT) MINISTERS
1.
DOT HAVE WRITTEN TO US PROPOSING THE FOLLOWING VISITS TO
EXPO 86 BY:-
A) PETER BOTTOMLEY (PUSS) FROM 21-23 JULY SEMI COLON
AND
B)
DAVID MITCHELL (MINISTER OF STATE) FROM 29 SEPTEMBER TO
1 OCTOBER.
2. MP BOTTOMLEY'S RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE DOT APE FOR ROADS
AND TRAFFIC. HIS PARTICULAR RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE THE
MOTORWAY AND TRUNK POAD PROGRAMME, POAD FREIGHT, ROAD SAFETY
AND TRAFFIC LAW, DRIVER TESTING AND TRAINING, VEHICLE TESTING
AND SAFETY, AND TRANSPORT FOR THE DISABLED. HIS PROPOSED VISIT
COINCIDES WITH THE SPECIALISED PERIOD AT EXPO DEALING WITH COMMUNIC-
ATIONS AND MOBILITY FOR THE DISABLED. IT IS HIS INTENTION TO ATTEND
THE 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MOBILITY AND TRANSPORT FOR
ELDERLY AND DISABLED PERSONS WHICH IS BEING. HELD IN VANCOUVER
AT THE SAME TIME.
3. MP MITCHELLS PROPOSED VISIT COINCIDES WITH THE SPECIALISED PERIOD
DEALING WITH MODERN RAIL TRANSPORT WHICH FALLS WITHIN HIS
PARTICULAR RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THE DOT.
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