§ MR. J. E. ELLIS (Nottingham, Rushcliffe)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade what steps he proposes to take respecting the fatal railway accident at Carlisle on 4th March, with special reference to the evidence given that the defective brake had proved defective at Northampton in 1889; and also having regard to the following sentence in the verdict of the Coroner's Jury:—
We are further of opinion that the London and North-Western Railway Company incurred a very grave responsibility in using a brake of such an uncertain and unreliable character"?
§ *SIR M. HICKS BEACHUntil I have received and had time to consider the Report of the Inspecting Officer appointed to inquire into the circumstances attending the accident referred to by the hon. Member, I am not in a position to make any statement. I am informed that the 800 Report will be ready in a few days, and I will at once lay it on the Table of the House.