§ 20. Captain TERRELLasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will approach the general managers of the four railway groups with a view to seeking their co-operation in the securing of some preferential railway rates for home agricultural produce?
§ Sir R. SANDERSI would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the reply given to the hon. and gallant Member for the Isle of Ely (Lieut.-Colonel N. 855 Coates) on the 19th March. The Committee referred to in that answer will consider the possibility of a reduction in the rates on agricultural produce, but under existing legislation no railway company may make any difference in the charges for home and foreign merchandise in respect of the same or similar services.
§ Mr. SIDNEY WEBBCan the right hon. Gentleman remember, in communicating with the Committee, that it is not only agricultural produce that wants lower railway rates, but coal?