§ MR. PULESTONasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether, in view of the public importance of the matter and of the interest which it now excites, the constitution of the Board of Railway Commissioners can be considered at an early day, with the object of providing appeals from its decisions, and of making such other amendments as experience may have shown to be demanded in the public interest; and, whether he proposes to give effect to the Recommendations of the Commission on Railway Accidents as to the qualification of Railway Commissioners?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER,in reply, said, that as the Act under which the Railway Commissioners were appointed would expire next year, it would be the duty of the Government to consider the course which should be pursued in reference to that Commission, and due consideration would be given to the recommendations of the Commissioners on Railway Accidents as to the qualification of Railway Commissioners.