§ Mr. Farthingasked the Minister of Transport why numbers of coal trucks have been standing idle for weeks on both sides of the railway line at Foxes Wood, Brislington, Bristol; and if he will take steps to have them shifted and used.
§ Mr. Barnes, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 10th March, 1947; Vol. 434, C. 133], supplied the following statement
I am informed that there were 86 wagons standing at Foxes Wood. Of these, 50 are awaiting repairs, and 21 are railway locomotive coal wagons. The remaining 15 were loaded with rubbish and sweepings awaiting tipping, but their removal was prevented by the freezing-up of other wagons in front of them; they have now been transferred to the tipping sites.