§ MR. EYKYNasked the Secretary of the Board of Trade, Whether the Board had taken into consideration the present high price of coal in the metropolis, especially with respect to the restrictions imposed by the London and North Western Company on the transit of coals between London and Rugby, and whether, if those restrictions were removed, the Midland and other railway companies having termini in London would offer facilities for the carriage of coal to the metropolis?
§ MR. A. PEEL,in reply, said, that the Board of Trade had no information on the subject nor means of obtaining it, other than those which were open to any Member of the House. If the hon. Member would specify the grievance complained of in a letter, he (Mr. Peel) would be happy to communicate it to the railway company. He thought that if the Government granted a Committee of Inquiry into the coal supply, such subjects of complaint as those referred to by the hon. Member might properly afford matter for investigation.