§ Mr. David Stoddartasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will issue a general direction to the British Railways Board to intensify their efforts to obtain export orders for rolling stock and locomotives.
§ Mr. PeytonNo.
§ Mr. David Stoddartasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what additional financial assistance he intends to make available to the British Railways Board to enable them to utilise to the full the present railway workshop facilities for building and maintaining, in advance of immediate requirements, rolling stock 158W and locomotives that will be needed to handle future increases in the rail traffic.
§ Mr. PeytonI have asked the board what scope there may be for action of this kind.