§ Major GLYNasked the Minister of Transport the number of private traders' wagons which were registered by the railway companies for the years 1924, 1925, and 1926; and the number of such wagons as have fallen out of service for the years in question?
§ Colonel ASHLEYThe number of private owners' wagons registered to run on the railways in Great Britain in the years 1924, 1925, and 1926 was as follows:
1924 … … … 30,180 1925 … … … 11,010 1926 … … … 7,220 I have no information as to the number of private owners' wagons withdrawn from service during these years.