§ MR. BARCLAY (Forfarshire)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade, whether the Railway Companies have yet complied with the rules made by the Board of Trade, requiring them to submit rates per truck and per train per mile; and, if not, whether the Board of Trade will insist on such rates being submitted by the Railway Companies?
§ * THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Sir M. HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.No change has been made by the railway companies in the schedules submitted by them in February last. The proposals made by the railway companies as regards the particular points mentioned by the hon. Member are not satisfactory. I shall be unable to agree with the companies as to the schedules submitted unless they are altered in the direction referred to in the question. The changes, however, which it is desirable to make in them, must be dealt with as a whole.