§ Mr. Dobbieasked the Minister of Transport whether the War Transport Council, which he has recently set up in connection with the transport of this country, is intended to supersede existing committees, such as the Railway Executive Committee and the Transport Advisory Council; or whether he will state the relationship of this new committee to those other committees, and also its function so far as executive authority is concerned?
§ Lieut.-Colonel Moore-BrabazonAs I explained in announcing the appointment of the War Transport Council, its function1578W will be to advise me on questions of transport policy arising out of the needs and conditions of the war. It is not intended that it should supersede the Railway Executive Committee or the Transport Advisory Council, the first of which is, as its name implies, executive in function, while the second is a statutory body suited rather to the problems of peace than to those of war. I intend to associate the members of the War Transport Council with myself in reaching decisions of major transport policy: it has no executive authority.