HC Deb 16 April 1951 vol 486 c125W
80. Commander Maitland

asked the Minister of Transport whether he will introduce legislation to enable a supply of morphia to be included among the drugs and appliances which are kept in railway trains for service in case of accident.

Mr. Barnes

I could not recommend such a step. If supplies of this dangerous drug were kept in railway trains, the risks

GENERAL FREIGHT RATES—ABADAN-UNITED KINGDOM—COST PER TON (2,240 lbs.)
Period Outward and homeward via Mediterranean Outward via Lands End and Mediterranean: homeward via Cape and Lands End Outward and homeward via Cape and Lands End Outward via Lands End and Mediterranean: homeward via Cape and Northern Ireland Outward and homeward via Cape and Northern Ireland Outward via Lands End and Cape: homeward via Cape and Northern Ireland
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
September-October, 1939 42 6
November, 1939 45 3
December, 1939 46 6
January-February, 1940 46 9
March-April, 1940 47 3
May, 1940 47 3 61 3 72 3 65 6
June, 1940 51 0 66 3 78 3 70 9
July-August, 1940 76 0 94 6 89 6
September-December, 1940 109 0
From 1st January, 1941 130 3
No oil moved from Abadan to United Kingdom after early 1941 until early 1945
31st October, 1945 to 31st December, 1945 62 0
1st January, 1946 to 1st December, 1948 57 6