§ 43. Major COHENasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport if he is aware that considerable hardship is being experienced by blind ex-service men who are engaged in businesses which necessitate their travelling by train from their home to their work and back, owing, by reason of their disability, to their having to pay for a ticket for their attendant as well as for themselves; and if he will consider the question of making an arrangement with the railway companies by which a rebate will be granted on the tickets of a blind man and his attendant going on a journey connected with the blind man's endeavour to obtain a livelihood?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of TRANSPORT (Mr. A. Neal)I am aware that guides do sometimes accompany blind men travelling on the railway, and will bring the question of fares before the companies for consideration and advise the hon. and gallant Member of the result. He is no doubt aware that the Minister has now no power of giving directions to the companies as to their charges.