HC Deb 01 July 1915 vol 72 c1937
58. Sir A. MARKHAM

asked the Under-Secretary for War whether many thousands of railway wagons have been purchased by the War Office since the War from railway companies for service abroad; whether these wagons were sent to Woolwich to be inspected; whether this resulted in great congestion of traffic; and will he say the number of special trains employed for this purpose, and why inspectors were not sent to the works of the railway companies to inspect these wagons, this being the ordinary procedure adopted by business firms?

Mr. TENNANT

I am afraid my hon. Friend has been misinformed. No railway wagons have been sent to Woolwich to be inspected, nor are railway wagons ever sent there for that purpose.

Sir A. MARKHAM

Did they not go into the district of Woolwich?

Mr. TENNANT

That is not in accordance with my information.

Sir A. MARKHAM

Then where were they inspected?

Mr. TENNANT

I should like to have notice of that question.