§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will now state the full implications and effects of Regulations 1191/69 and 1107/70 of the Council of the European Economic Community on the event of accession to that Community, with particular reference to the freedom of the British Railways Board to adopt any charges it chooses on international freight traffic.
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§ Mr. PeytonThese regulations would require compensation to be paid to the Railways Board if any uncommercial tariff obligations were imposed by the Government. But they do not of themselves impose any restrictions on British Railway's present freedom.