HC Deb 30 June 1920 vol 131 c466W
Major GLYN

asked the Minister of Transport, if he will state who were the last commissioners appointed under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act; and in what years and on what authority were the terms of that Act, as stated in Clauses 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 28, 33, 53, and 54, modified, altered, or repealed.

Sir E. GEDDES:

The present commissioners appointed under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, are Lord Terrington and Mr. Tindal Atkinson, K.C. I am not aware of any material modification, alteration or repeal of any of the Sections of the Act referred to in the question except that effected by Section 2 (1) (iii) of the Ministry of Transport Act, 1919, under which the power of appointing commissioners has been transferred to my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary.