§ Mr. Steeleasked the Minister of War Transport the number of passengers carried per day on the Glasgow-Lesmahagow and Coalburn route during the week ended 1st September, 1945, and the corresponding week in 1939.
§ Mr. BarnesFollowing is the answer:
"1945 Week ending 1st September 1939 Week ending 2nd September Sunday 6,835 6,108 Monday 12,338 8,334 Tuesday 12,036 7,854 Wednesday 11,466 8,340 Thursday 11,786 8,276 Friday 12,524 9,819 Saturday 13,632 10,821 80,617 59,552 The percentage increase on the Coalburn service was 35.4 compared with an overall increase of 38.1 on all the Company's services in the Lark-hall area