HC Deb 01 March 1916 vol 80 cc1053-4
53. Mr. HOGGE

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether men from Home service battalions unfit for foreign service will be used to relieve the congestion on the railways?

Mr. TENNANT

I think that, should occasion arise, men of the category mentioned should be used in preference to those who are fit for foreign service. But I am not aware that occasion has yet arisen.

Mr. HOGGE

Has the right hon. Gentleman never heard during the War of the congestion of traffic on the railways so that men cannot get goods?

Mr. TENNANT

I do not say that I have never heard there has been congestion, because I believe that has been so, but not to occasion this particular alteration.