In my view, the Crisis in the Railway Industry will be a recurring one unless we have a policy of integration and co-ordination whereby all forms of transport - road, rail and canal - work in conjunction to achieve the results that we desire.

The hon. Member for Bedfordshire, South (Mr. Madel) pointed out that by 7 June there will be a Crisis in the Railway Industry because the National Union of Railwaymen, supported by other unions, has made it clear that it is not prepared to see the railways destroyed by the Government and the British Railways Board.

If the strike goes ahead, we are in for probably the worst-ever Crisis in the Railway Industry.

Mr. Weighell says:It is the refusal of your Government to honour its commitments to the railway community which is responsible, above all, for that deeper Crisis in the Railway Industry".

He has agreed with Lord Macdonald and admitted that there is Crisis in the Railway Industry.

It is a bit of a liberty for a representative of the Conservative party to talk of a Crisis in the Railway Industry.

My right hon. Friend will be well aware of the ongoing Crisis in the Railway Industry - [Hon.

Will the Leader of the House arrange a full debate on the Floor of the House on the ongoing Crisis in the Railway Industry, especially so that we may consider the prospect of bringing the whole industry back into public ownership and making it accountable to this Parliament?