§ 67. Mr. A. J. Irvineasked the Minister of Defence whether the sum of approximately £13 million recoverable during the current financial year by British Railways from the Defence Vote represents a total of charges for the carriage of Service passengers and freight arrived at by applying the normal rates charged to other passengers and goods.
§ Mr. WatkinsonExcept for a few agency services of which the full cost is paid, this represents the cost of normal rates or of rates under agreements negotiated in the normal way, as between British Railways and a large-scale user.