Mr. Donald Scottasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he will consider placing a luggage van on all long distance trains for the sole use of Service personnel in which they can place their equipment under the care of a guard and thus relieve the present congestion in compartments and corridors?
§ Mr. Noel-BakerOn almost all long distance trains there are already the maximum number of coaches which the locomotives can pull. An additional luggage van could, therefore, only be provided if a passenger coach were taken off. I regret that the result would thus be to increase, rather than to diminish the present congestion.