§ MR. CALDWELLOn behalf of the hon. Member for Ross and Cromarty (Mr. WEIR), I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, if he will state at what additional cost the Stornoway mail, which is at present delayed 41 minutes at Dingwall, and then sent on to Strome Ferry by a slow train, could be accelerated?
§ MR. HANBURYThe only way in which the Stornoway mail can be accelerated is by employing a special train from Dingwall to Strome Ferry. The cost of a special train cannot be estimated, at the lowest computation, at less than £800 or £900 a year, and such an outlay would be far greater than the circumstances would warrant.