§ 63. Mr. Pickthornasked the Minister of Transport the numbers of train-men who left trains on running lines in each of the 12 month periods ending respectively on 31st January, 1947, 1948 and 1949, in a form comparable with the figures given on 11th February, 1946, for the 12 months ended on 31st January, 1946.
§ Mr. CallaghanThis information is not now available in the Ministry of Transport as the matter is a day-to-day responsibility of the British Transport Commission.
§ Mr. PickthornDoes than mean that, although the looking after this matter may be a day-to-day responsibility, the general upshot of it is generally regarded as outside the proper purview of the Minister?
§ Mr. CallaghanDay-to-day matters are delegated by the Act to the Railway Executive.
§ Mr. PickthornIs the hon. Gentleman denying that questions of public safety depend on this, and are not matters of public safety the responsibility of the Minister?
§ Mr. CallaghanThere have been no allegations made, as far as I know, that public safety is not being observed.