§ 40. Mr. C. R. Hobsonasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation when he expects to receive the report of the appropriate consultative committee regarding the proposed closing of the Keighley and Oxenhope branch line railway; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. NugentI understand that no proposal for this line has yet been submitted to the Transport Users' Consultative Committee for the Yorkshire Area.
§ Mr. HobsonWill the hon. Gentleman bear in mind that the loss on this branch line is negligible, being in the region of £1,200 per annum, that economies have already been agreed between the staff which would avoid that loss, and that if this line is closed it will literally isolate parts of my constituency in heavy, snowy weather?
§ Mr. NugentIt is not for me to bear in mind that important information, but I am sure the Transport Commission will take note of what the hon. Gentleman has said.