§ Sir E. NICHOLLasked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that the Falmouth, Great Western Railway, 1985W station has recently been made a closed station, and that the takings for platform tickets amount to about £2 per week; that to collect this amount four ticket collectors have been put on at an average wage of £3 1s. per week and 15s. extra for Sunday; and whether, in the interests of economy, he will consider leaving the station an open one as hitherto, in view of the expense incurred through the collection of the platform tickets and the necessity to check waste of public moneys?
§ Sir E. GEDDESI was not previously aware of the action said to have been taken by the Great Western Company at Falmouth. I am asking the company for a report upon the circumstances, but I cannot accept the comparison made by the hon. Member as the test to be applied in the interests of economy.