§ 3. Mr. Marshallasked the Postmaster-General what was the rate charged by the railways for carrying the Royal Mail in 1926; and what is the rate now charged by British Railways.
§ The Assistant Postmaster-General (Miss Mervyn Pike)There is no simple rate for payments to the railways. But I can tell my hon. Friend that the total amount paid in 1960–61 was about five times that paid in 1926–27 whilst the traffic had nearly doubled.