§ 11 and 12. Mr. BLAIRasked the President of the Board of Trade (l) the amounts paid to the Railway Executive Committee under the agreement for the last four financial years ending March, 1918, and up to 28th February, 1919; and if, in these amounts, the 50 per cent. increase in fares is taken into account; (2) if he can give an estimated percentage of the Government traffic on railways since August, 1914?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANAs stated by my right hon. Friend the Lord Privy Seal in reply to a question by the hon. Member for the Hornsey Division on the 19th February, the Government are considering in what form figures showing the cost of running the railways can best be made public. Pending the preparation of these figures I would refer the hon. Gentleman to the information as to payments through the Railway Executive Committee given in the published Reports of the Comptroller and Auditor-General on the Vote of Credit Appropriation Accounts. Any additional receipts resulting from the 50 per cent. increase in fares reduce the amount payable by the Government under the agreement.