Lieut.-Colonel BUCKLEYasked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that his Department have refused facilities for the immediate conveyance by railway of 4,000 doors and ninety-eight baths, lying at the Government depot at Abbey Mills, and recently bought by the corporation of Liverpool; whether he is aware that these are needed in connection with the conversion of Army huts into workmen's dwellings; and whether, in view of the extreme urgency of the housing problem in Liverpool, he will reconsider the decision of his Department and endeavour to expedite delivery of these articles?
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Sir R. WILLIAMSOwing to the necessity for dealing with foodstuffs and perishables, delay has occurred in providing wagons for the conveyance of the traffic referred to. A number of wagons have now been allocated by the Great Eastern Railway for tins traffic and as soon as these are loaded and dispatched further wagons will be allocated.