HC Deb 12 April 1920 vol 127 c1367
5. Sir RICHARD COOPER

asked the Minister of Transport if his attention has been called to the action of the London Underground Railways Company enforcing a charge of 1s. 2d. on a small portable typewriter weighing under five pounds, and carried by a passenger whose fare may be only 1d.; if he will say under what statute the right of levying this charge is made; and what steps he proposes to take in the matter?

Sir E. GEDDES

I am in communication with the railway companies on the subject. The enactments are numerous, and I can only refer my hon. Friend to the company's private acts. Though legally I do not think it either just or expedient to enforce such charges for the particular class of small light hand typewriting machines, and I am dealing with the matter in that spirit.