behaviour by some students.

The Ministries of Transport and Education have discussed the proposal following recent outbreaks of violence and vandalism at the terminal off Church Street.

The plan was revealed by chairman of the Government's Public Transport Committee Mr. Anthony Correia during the replies to Transport Minister the Hon. Ralph Marshall's budget speech.

Mr. Correia said that the Government believes that schools should be more responsible for the young hooligans, who were wearing their school uniforms, when they were behaving badly at the bus station.

He said: "There have been complaints at the terminal and we are asking schools to provide prefects to keep a watchful eye out for students misbehaving.

"I have also spoken to the Corporation of Hamilton and the Director of the PTB Mr. Herman Basden and the response we received was positive.'' On two recent occasions students were attacked by other gangs of youngsters at the terminal leading to parents calling for action.

Mr. Correia said that he had also asked for a rescheduling of buses leaving the terminal because he had noticed four heading into Church Street at the same time, causing chaos for other drivers.

But plans to direct all buses onto Victoria Street were not considered because that too would cause too many problems.

Opposition members asked why 10 new buses due to start in the Island in summer did not have facilities for disabled people.

Mr. Marshall said that the buses were not big enough to accommodate wheelchairs.

He said while the Government had great sympathy for the handicapped, wheelchairs would cause problems on the buses and could cause traffic hazards when buses had to pull out into the middle of the road when handicapped people were entering or leaving at bus stops.

It was also revealed that bus drivers have been given training courses in how to treat visitors so they can act as "ambassadors of the Island''.