Sir F. HALLasked the Minister of Transport the number of gold and silver railway passes that have been issued to Ministers and officers of the Ministry of Transport, to whom they were allotted, the names of the railways, and the date they were issued?
§ Sir E. GEDDESRailway passes have been provided by all the principal railway companies to the ten senior officers of the Ministry, in accordance with the practice of the companies of issuing passes to their own principal officers and directors. The passes were provided at various dates, beginning on April 9th, 1920. Passes were also provided for the Minister and the Parliamentary Secretary, but, as I stated in reply to a question by the hon. and gallant Member on July 5th, it was decided not to issue them, and they were not issued.