§ 55. Mr. A. J. Irvineasked the Minister of Transport what proportion of the thirty highest-paid executive officers in the organisation of British Railways are at the present time career-railwaymen; and what was the proportion ten years ago.
§ Mr. Tom FraserThe Railways Board informs me that, of its 30 highest-paid officers, 23 have been in the railway service for the greater part of their working lives. The comparable figure for 1955 was 27.