§ Mr. Andersonasked the Minister of Transport what machinery he has in his Department to evaluate the accuracy of the deficit figures submitted by the British Railways Board for particular rail lines in reaching decisions on whether to give grants to support unremunerative services.
§ Mr. MarshAs recommended by the Joint Steering Group in their Report published as the Annex to the White 213W Paper on Railway Policy (Cmnd. 3439) the calculations in a proportion of cases will be checked by independent accountants. I shall select the cases to be checked in this manner.