§ 51. Mr. Mappasked the Minister of Transport if she will state the numbers of private owners' wagons in use on British Railways, the proportion of these built before or during the war, and the proportion of railway-owned goods vehicles built before or during the war.
§ Mr. John MorrisOf the 23,000 privately-owned railway wagons in service, slightly more than a half were built before 1946. About 15 per cent. of the Railways Board's freight stock is of a similar age.