Mr. RICHARDSONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport what is the total estimated aggregate amount that the railway companies of England and Wales have been relieved of in local rates by the reductions in their assessments made under the agreement entered into between the assessment committees and the railway companies for the year ending 31st March, 1923, and the figures for each company separately?
§ Colonel ASHLEYI have no information upon which to frame the estimate for which the hon. Member asks.