§ Sir C. Rawsonasked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the recent congestion on the railways north of London, which would have been much intensified in the event of increased war traffic, he will revive consideration of the Gatti system for railway traffic clearance in the London district and provide accommodation for increased road traffic to deal with this and other problems?
§ Captain WallaceThe recent congestion on the railways was due primarily to the quite abnormal weather conditions, and would not have been avoided had the system to which my hon. Friend refers been in operation. The Gatti scheme was the subject of a report by a Departmental Committee in 1920, which did not recommend2268W its adoption. In any case however the dislocation which would inevitably result from an attempt to adopt such a system in war-time as well as its cost, estimated at the prices prevailing before 1914 at about £300,000,000, preclude its adoption in present circumstances.