HC Deb 07 March 1918 vol 103 cc2114-5
33. Mr. FIELD

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has received any communication from the Manchester Association of Importers and Exporters protesting against the recent decision of the House of Lords in the case of the Great Western Railway Company v. Wells; and whether he can state how the owners' risk rate will operate under the existing conditions of the flat-rate system?

Sir A. STANLEY

The Board of Trade have been in correspondence with the Manchester Association of Importers and Exporters with regard to the decision of the House of Lords in the case of the Great Western Railway Company v. Wells, and I am sending the hon. Gentleman a copy of a letter addressed to the association by the Board of Trade on the 21st February. I am afraid I do not understand the point raised in the latter part of the question.

Mr. FIELD

May I say that the point raised is this, that apparently from the decision of the House of Lords the owners' risk rate does not operate.