§ 44. Major Legge-Bourkeasked the Minister of Transport the average period of time goods wagons are kept as non-runners awaiting repairs on the L.N.E.R. and at Whitemoor Yards; and why, in early July, 168 wagons were labelled from Whitemoor to Peterborough for repairs, the majority of which could have been carried out at Whitemoor.
§ Mr. BarnesInformation is not available on which to base a reliable estimate of the average periods wagons are awaiting repairs on the L.N.E.R. and at Whitemoor Yards. I understand that during July it was necessary to send some wagons to Peterborough for repairs because the repairing firms at Whitemoor were fully occupied.