§ Major NALLasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether he is aware that the quantity of guns and technical war vehicles now being moved about the country by rail is absorbing wagons which are required for the removal of food from the ports; and whether this traffic can be deferred to a more convenient date in order to relieve railway congestion?
§ Mr. FORSTERMy hon. Friend has asked me to reply to this question. It is necessary to return these equipments in order to release the personnel looking after them. Platform wagons are used, as far as possible, so as to expedite the clearance and also to free ordinary railway wagons for general traffic.