§ Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Transport why he did not accept the recommendations of the Central Transport Consultative Committee, as indicated in paragraph 12 of their Annual Report for the year ended 31st December, 1950, that the Railway Commission be pressed to economise rather than to increase their charges.
§ Mr. BarnesAs I indicated in the House on 27th April, 1950, when I announced the increase, I was satisfied that there was no means of meeting the financial problem then facing the railways by any rapid and substantial economies, although, of course, the Commission is achieving economies where possible.