§ 141. Dr. Dodds-Parkerasked the Minister of Transport whether, until more normal conditions obtain, arrangements 367W for priority passages will be made for individuals other than officials within the Commonwealth and Empire, if they can show that their journeys are of national importance.
§ Mr. G. R. StraussOn those routes where passenger shipping is still only sufficient to meet most urgent requirements, passages are allotted to those whose journeys are of national importance, according to the urgency of their journeys. On other routes the allotment of passenger accommodation has been restored to the shipping lines concerned subject to reservation of a proportion of berths for Government passengers, and the shipping lines have undertaken to ensure that persons whose journeys are of national importance secure early passages. If the hon. Member has any evidence that this system is not working satisfactorily, I should be glad to examine it.