§ Mr. HIGHAMasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, with reference 1056W to White Paper, Cmd. 147, showing the cost of running railways in Great Britain during the period of Government control, 1914–18, he will explain why, in the table on page three, no amounts in respect of Government duty appears for the years-1917–18?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANBy the Railway Passenger Duty Act, 1917, railway companies whose railroads are under the control of the Government are relieved of any obligation to keep separate accounts and make separate payments in respect of railway passenger duty as from the beginning of the year 1917 until the end of the period of Government control.