HC Deb 03 March 1870 vol 199 cc1138-9
MR. REED

said, he wished to ask the Secretary to the Board of Trade, Whether the Government are prepared to advise the adoption of a Standing Order requiring the insertion, in all Metropoli- tan Railway Bills, of sufficient provisions for the conveyance of workpeople into and out of London, at convenient hours and at reasonable faros, on each day of the week, Sundays excepted?

MR. SHAW-LEFEVRE

said, in reply, that the Board of Trade was in hopes the object the hon. Member had in view might be attained shortly by some more general measure, as negotiations were now pending with the railway companies on this subject. In the meantime, he thought it was unnecessary to make any change in the Standing Orders of the House.