HC Deb 30 June 1921 vol 143 cc2334-5
70. Mr. KENNEDY

asked the Minister of Transport if he will state the circumstances under which two first-class return tickets were issued, free of charge, from Glasgow to Euston, in December last, to two persons named Grant?

Mr. NEAL

I have no knowledge of the circumstances referred to, and regret, therefore, that I cannot give a specific answer to my hon. Friend's question.

Mr. R. RICHARDSON

Will the hon. Member make inquiries?

Mr. KENNEDY

Will the hon. Gentleman ask if the Minister of Transport or the Government can exercise any restraint upon granting concessions of this sort, which are granted on a very wide scale to privileged persons with interests, and are not consistent with the very large sums of public money voted—

Mr. SPEAKER

If a more specific point be put in the question, it will be possible to get an answer.

Mr. KENNEDY

I gave the date on which the concessions were granted, and the names of the persons to whom they were granted.

Mr. NEAL

To whom?

Mr. SPEAKER

By whom they were granted is the point omitted.