§ Mr. Channonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many actions have been brought in the last convenient 10-year period for the recovery of damages under the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 and the British Transport Commission Act 1949; and in how many cases damages have been awarded.
§ Mr. Tom FraserI have been asked to reply. I understand from the Railways Board that no proceedings for the recovery of damages have been brought by them, or their predecessors the British Transport Commission, under the Statutes referred to. Where proceedings of this nature have been brought by them in the past, this has been under other statutory provisions.