§ 52. Sir G. Nabarroasked the Minister of Transport what estimate he has made of the cost per annum of keeping open at taxpayers' expense and by subvention to British Railways, uneconomic but socially desirable railway lines, including certain railway stations thereon; when a detailed statement of these railway lines and stations is to be published; and in what form.
§ Mr. CarmichaelOn cost, I regret that I cannot yet add to the Answers given to the hon. Member for Glasgow, Hill-head (Mr. Galbraith) on 21st February and 8th May. We intend to publish a list of grant-aided services, and their respective costs, before the end of the year. Under the terms of the Transport Bill, derails will also be given in the Board's Annual Report.—[Vol. 759, c. 413; Vol. 764, c. 398.]