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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

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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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