THE EARL OF AIRLIEasked His Majesty's Government whether, in view of the heavy losses in receipts which are being sustained by the railways under nationalisation, they will state what is the policy of the Minister of Transport in regard to the so-called economies, whereby a large proportion of the ticket collectors in Scotland are being discharged from their duties as such, and thereby enormous losses are being sustained by British Railways owing to the public travelling without tickets.
§ LORD SHEPHERDThis is a matter for the British Transport Commission.
House adjourned at ten minutes past seven o'clock.