§ Sir R. H. Inglisasked the Vice-President of the Board of Trade whether her Majesty's Government had made any recommendation to the different railway companies on the subject of locking in, and whether those railways which had hitherto felt a reluctance to accede to public opinion, had complied with such recommendation.
§ Mr. Gladstonemust state, as a matter of justice to the Great Western Railway, that till recently the officers of the Board of Trade had not come to any definite conclusion in their own minds as to locking the second door on railways, so as to lead the Board of Trade to address the railway companies on the subject. It was only recently, and after the accident in France, that any recommendation had been made to the Great Western Railway Company; it was now under the company's consideration, he had no reason to think that they would adhere with pertinacity to regulations adopted by them, but they would no doubt show every reasonable desire to meet the wishes of the public.