§ 33. Mr. GILBERTasked the Minister of Munitions how many cheap return fares have been arranged with the London General Omnibus Company in South-East London for munition workers, and can he give an example of these cheap fares; what system exists in order to secure that these fares are only given to bonâ-fide munition workers, and what checks or control the company have on the persons applying for such tickets; and is it a condition of the financial Grants that the company have to give preference to munition workers on all services over all other passengers?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSCheap return fares have been arranged on ten routes in the South-Eastern district of London, as, for example, the route between Bell Green, Catford, and Woolwich, for which the return fare charged is 6d., which is comparable with an ordinary double fare of 11d. The cheap fares are issued only to Arsenal workers on production of an identity disc, which also shows the limit of travel required.