§ 27. Mr. PARKINSONasked the Minister of Transport for what reasons recent railway pooling agreements based upon public discussion before the Railway Rates Tribunal are being withheld from publication; and if he will arrange for copies of them to be placed in the Library or published as a White Paper?
Mr. STANLEYThe heads of agreement between the London, Midland and Scottish and Great Western Railway Companies and between those companies and the London and North Eastern Railway Company, to which I recently gave my consent under Section 19 of the Railways Act, 1921, have not been withheld from publication. Copies were, in fact, made available to persons desiring them before the inquiry by the Railway Pool Committee was held. I am having a few copies of the heads of agreement placed in the Library.