Sir F. HALLasked the Minister of Transport if an Order has been made authorising an increase in fares by the London underground railways under the Act passed recently; if so, whether the fares so authorised have been brought into force, and when; and whether the Government subsidy to the District Railway Company, which was used principally to finance the London General Omnibus Company, terminated entirely from such date?
§ Sir E. GEDDESRevised fares which, except those for short distances, are below the amounts sanctioned by Parliament in the Act mentioned, were approved by me for introduction on the 26th September, 1920, and the Government subsudy to the Metropolitan District Railway Company was brought to an end simultaneously. I also took the opportunity of obtaining the cancellation of any outstanding Government liability under the control agreements with the single exception of the agreements as to the adjustment of stores.