§ Mr. Granvilleasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he is aware that, on 23rd December, 18 of the available sleeping-berths on the night train from King's Cross to Edinburgh were taken by Government priorities, the remaining two being booked in October, and that the wife of a Royal Air Force Dominion pilot, whose health needed special consideration, was unable to obtain accommodation, resulting in unnecessary hardship; why there is no provision made for such circumstances in the system of Government priority control; and whether he will take immediate steps to arrange for this provision?
§ Colonel LlewellinIn addition to the 20 first-class berths, of which 18 were reserved for persons travelling on urgent Government business, there were 53 third450W class berths on the train, all but three of which were available for allocation by the railway companies to the general public. I regret any inconvenience which may have been suffered by the lady in question, but I am afraid that I cannot undertake to extend the arrangements for reservations by the Government to persons travelling for private purposes.