§ Mr. Callaghanasked the Minister of War Transport if he will remove the colour bar which prevents the sons of British seamen, resident in this country, from entering Greenwich Merchant Navy Training School.
§ Mr. BarnesI assume my hon. Friend refers to the Gravesend Sea School, which is temporarily at Sharpness, Gloucestershire. This School trains only boys for the Deck and Catering Departments of the Merchant Service. There is no actual bar against the training of boys of colour, but training must be related to opportunities for employment in ships, and the fact is that very few opportunities occur in this country for employing coloured deck and catering ratings. When an opportunity arose for the employment of coloured men as firemen, arrangements were made for their admission to the firemen's schools.
DOWN TRAINS. Time. Trains. Total on berths train. Berths held by Rly. Co. for the public 1St. 3rd. 1st. 3rd. p.m. 9.25 Paddington to Neyland (Sat. only) … … … … 6 12 6 12 a.m. 12.55 Paddington to Swansea (SX) … … … … 6 12 2 8 p.m. 9.50 Paddington to Penzance … … … … 10 — 4 — 11.40 Paddington to Plymouth … … … … 10 — 4 — a.m. 12.15 Paddington to Newquay and Penzance (SX) … … 34 — 24 — p.m. 11.45 Paddington to Truro (Sat. only) … … … … 34 — 24 — 7.30 King s Cross to Aberdeen (SX) … … … … 24 56 16 44 7.30 King s Cross to Aberdeen (Sat. only) … … … … 12 28 4 16 10.10 King s Cross to Edinburgh (SX) … … … … 34 56 4 36 10.10 King s Cross to Edinburgh (Sat. only) … … … … 24 56 4 36 9.15 St. Pancras to Edinburgh … … … … 6 12 6 12 8.40 Euston to Glasgow … … … … 72 56 30 31 9.15 Euston to Glasgow (Sun. X) … … … … 78 84 44 70 9.15 Euston to Glasgow (Sat. only) … … … … 56 84 20 70 9.23 Euston to Glasgow … … … … 14 28 14 28 9.20 Euston to Glasgow (Sun. only) … … … … 78 84 44 70 9.30 St. Pancras to Glasgow … … … … 28 28 13 24 11.0 Birmingham to Glasgow … … … … 6 14 6 14 a.m.. 12.45 Liverpool to Glasgow … … … … 6 14 6 14 p.m. 7.20 Euston to Inverness (SX) … … … … 28 28 20 22 7.30 Euston to Perth … … … … 14 28 11 24 11.15 King's Cross to Newcastle (SX) … … … … 12 28 4 14 11.15 King's Cross to Newcastle (Sat. only) … … … 12 28 8 14 10.10 King's Cross to Newcastle (SX) … … … … 10 — 2 — 4.50 Euston to Stranraer (SX) … … … … 14 28 6 22 4.55 Euston to Stranraer (SX) … … … … 6 14 6 14 10.55 Euston to Preston (Sat. and Sun X) … … … 14 — 7 —