Orders of the Day — Civil Aviation

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 March 1945.

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Photo of Mr Henry Brooke Mr Henry Brooke , Lewisham West 12:00, 20 March 1945

I am delighted that the hon. Member asked that. The railway companies are not going to run aircraft. They are being asked to take a share in a corporation that will run aircraft, and theirs will be a minority share. I know as well as anybody that the railway companies before the war were not able to give the public all the service that they would desire in station amenities, refreshment rooms, and other directions. Why was that impossible? Because this House shied at its task of producing a properly coordinated transport system in this country.