asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport how many trains running daily on the Southern Railway carry first-class passengers for intermediate stations from Waterloo to Reading, and vice versa, and the daily number of such passengers; and will he state the terms of the arrangement whereby such first-class passengers are allowed to be taken on journeys of less than 50 miles?

I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I gave him on nth November, and to the hon. Member for Doncaster (Mr. Walkden) on nth September.

Did not that answer deal with trains running from Reading to other parts of the country, and did not that state that was the reason why they carried first-class passengers?

The answer I gave was that from Waterloo 23 trains run to Reading daily and that on all these there is first-class accommodation.

Do not these trains run beyond Reading?

No, Sir. I think the Southern Railway trains do not go beyond Reading.