Mr. D. Campbellasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that, owing to the delays and difficulties to which they are exposed in travelling to and from their constituencies by rail and steamship under war conditions, Northern Ireland Members are gravely handicapped in the performance of their Parliamentary duties by inability to use air services save at prohibitive cost to themselves; and whether some relaxation of the rules governing air travel can be made in their case.
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§ Mr. AsshetonYes, Sir; I recognise the special difficulties of Northern Ireland Members in travelling to and from their constituencies by sea in present conditions; and arrangements, of which particulars can be obtained at the Fees Office, have been made for relieving them of a proportion of the extra cost of travelling between London and Northern Ireland by air.