§ Mr. Chapmanasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what improvements are planned for the lavatory and passenger telephone facilities at the Southampton flying boat terminal.
§ Mr. WatkinsonNone, but if the hon. Member will let me know of any complaint I will look into it.
— Passengers carried Passenger-miles Freight* short tons Freight* ton miles Traffic carried (in thousands): 1951 61 13,534 18.1 874 1952 133 31,689 12.7 728 1953 247 58,010 39.4 2,366 1954 356 95,751 48.6 2,697 1955 541 147,756 80.2 9,151 1956 716 202,008 68.3 6,339 1957 (estimated) 864 260,000 76.0 7,800 Share of United Kingdom airlines total traffic (percent.): 1951 4 1 48 3 1952 8 3 37 2 1953 11 4 63 7 1954 14 6 66 8 1955 18 8 73 19 1956 20 9 66 12 1957 (estimated) 21 10 67 14 NOTE * Freight figures include the weight of vehicles carried on vehicle ferry services which in 1957 accounted for over 90 per cent, of the freight tons and more than half of the freight ton miles carried by the private companies.