HC Deb 22 July 1919 vol 118 cc1155-6
80. Major NALL

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether he is aware that the quantity of guns and technical war vehicles now being moved about the country by rail is absorbing wagons which are required for the removal of food from the ports; and whether this traffic can be deferred to a more convenient date in order to relieve railway congestion?

Mr. HOPE

I understand that the War Office will answer this question.

Major NALL

I have received a written answer from the War Office, and may I ask whether the Financial Secretary is aware that a considerable proportion of this traffic consists of light field guns and limber wagons that are occupying ordinary railway trucks, and could not this traffic be dealt with in some other way instead of congesting the ordinary railway traffic?