§ MR. GRANTHAMasked the President of the Board of Trade, If his attention has been called to a letter in The Evening News, of Thursday, 14th June, on the treatment of working men using the workmen's trains by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company; and, if he can hold out any prospect of obtaining from the Railway Companies using Metropolitan Stations greater facilities for working men living in the suburbs to get to and from their work in town?
§ MR. CHAMBERLAINNo, Sir; I have not seen the letter in The Evening News to which the hon. and learned Member refers. With regard to the latter part of the Question, I must refer him to the Bill dealing with the Railway Passenger Duty. In the 3rd clause of that Bill there is a provision which will enable the Board of Trade to deal with the question of workmen's trains. Any questions arising under it will come under the decision of the Board of Trade, and in case of any deficiency in this particular the Railway Company will cease to have the advantage of the remission of the Railway Duty.