§ 15. Mr. GILBERTasked the President of the Board of Trade the names of the members of the Railway Executive Committee the number of the staff they employ, and the buildings they occupy; if the cost of the Committee is borne by his Department; and what the cost has been during the War years and the estimate for the present year?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI am sending the hon. Gentleman a list of the members of the Railway Executive Committee. The Committee occupies offices at 35, Parliament Street and 16, Great George Street, and employs a staff of thirty-three persons, male and female. All these persons were employés of the railway companies or the Railway Clearing House, and are still on the books of those corporations. The cost of the Committee is not borne by the Board of Trade, but forms part of the working expenses of the railway companies.