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ROAD-RAIL RATES TO BE REVIVED

30th May 1947, Page 33
30th May 1947
Page 33
Page 33, 30th May 1947 — ROAD-RAIL RATES TO BE REVIVED
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

NO doubt the proposed machinery to be set up under the Transport Bill would investigate the relationship between road and rail rates, said Mr. A. Barnes, Minister of Transport, in the House of Commons on May 21. He was answering Mr. Harrison, who inquired into the Ministry's attitude towards "the plea that rates and fares of road undertakings should be raised to bring them into line with rail charges."

Mr. Barnes said that it was "not the practice to proceed upon the basis that rates and fares of road transport undertakings should be increased automatically on the ground that they are lower than corresponding rail charges.