Clause 2. — (Extension of Powers to Commission to Borrow, and of Minister to Lend, to Meet Deficits on Revenue Account of British Railways.)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 21 January 1959.

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Photo of Mr David Jones Mr David Jones , Hartlepools, The 12:00, 21 January 1959

On a point of order. In its proposals for railways, the British Transport Commission made it crystal clear that there were five assumptions which had to be made if the plan for modernisation was to succeed. The fourth was that Government policy regarding the framework within which the Commission operates would remain as at present. If, therefore, there is a suggestion that the framework within which the Commission is to operate and break even by 1962 is to be altered the Minister should tell us about it.