HC Deb 22 May 1939 vol 347 cc1920-1
60. Mr. Hammersley

asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the London Passenger Transport Board have in service cars which are composite, having sections without any effective partition between the smoking and non-smoking compartment; and will he make representations to the Board that there should be effective partitions between the non-smoking and the smoking sections?

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport (Captain Austin Hudson)

I propose to communicate with the London Passenger Transport Board again on this matter and will write to my hon. Friend in due course.

Mr. Hammersley

In making these representations to the London Passenger Transport Board, will my hon. and gallant Friend bear in mind that there was a time when smokers had to come to this House in order to have legislation to permit them to smoke in railway compartments, and will he prevent a situation arising in which non-smokers will have to come to the House in order to breathe fresh air?

Captain Hudson

I will bear that in mind.

Mr. Orr-Ewing

Will my hon. and gallant Friend bear in mind, also, in his correspondence with the London Passenger Transport Board, that in some cars there is no partition dividing the first-class from the third-class?