Members of Parliament (Air Travel)

HC Deb 24 October 1945 vol 414 cc2165-6W

Sir B. Neven-Spence

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will reconsider the decision of 15th May, 1935, under which a Member who travels by air between London and his constituency has to pay the excess over the first-class railway fare.

Mr. Shawcross

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will take steps to secure that Members of Parliament are granted the same facilities for travel between London and their constituencies on internal air lines as they now enjoy on the railways.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

My right hon. Friend thinks that the time has come when it would be right to consider what changes, if any, should be made in the existing conditions under which air travel is recognised for the recoupment of cost of M.P.' s travel; and arrangements will accordingly be made for the matter to be examined.