Lieut.-Colonel CLAYasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions if he can state what is the average price paid by British railway companies to the Ministry of Munitions for super-heated locomotives allocated to British railway companies under the direction of the Ministry of Transport?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYPrior to the establishment of the pool from which locomotives are allocated to railway companies under the direction of the Ministry of Transport, fifty new locomotives were sold to British railway companies for £515,000. No locomotives have been sold under the directions of the Ministry of Transport.