§ MR. HORSFALLsaid, he wished to ask the Vice President of the Board of Trade, If the Report of the Royal Commission on Railways has received the consideration of Her Majesty's Government; and whether they are prepared to introduce legislative measures founded thereon?
§ MR. STEPHEN CAVEsaid, in reply, that the Board of Trade had given most serious and careful attention to the Report 116 of the Commissioners, and a large portion of the Government Bill brought in by the President, which was in an advanced stage elsewhere, and would be shortly laid before that House, was based on recommendations contained in that Report. There were, however, several suggestions not included in the Bill of this Session. Some very important ones with reference to Private Bill legislation seemed to be rather within the province of the Standing Orders Committee; others to be matter of arrangement for railway companies themselves; while others, such as the recommendation of prosecutions by the Board of Trade, the Government could not adopt without further information and consideration.