§ 52. Mr. Ernest Daviesasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation when the Annual Report and Accounts of the British Transport Commission for 1955 will be available to hon. Members.
§ Mr. WatkinsonAbout the end of June.
§ Mr. DaviesNot until next month? Does not the Minister see that this delay inconveniences hon. Members? Why is it that the British Transport Commission takes so much longer than the other public corporations to bring out its Annual Report? Does he not realise that, in view of his intervention in the affairs of the Commission, it is more than ever important that Parliament should be fully informed in detail?
§ Mr. WatkinsonThe answer to the hon. Gentleman is that the Commission got out its Report rather earlier than usual and that the printing strike delayed its printing.