§ MR. CRAWFORD (Lanark, N.E.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he will assent to the Second Reading of the Railway Servants (Tenure of Houses and Hours of Labour) Bill, which proposes to confer on the Board of Trade certain powers of regulating the hours of labour of railway servants, with the view of its being referred to the Select Committee ordered on the 3rd instant?
§ SIR M. HICKS BEACHI could not prejudge the question by assenting to the Second Reading of the Bill referred to by the hon. Member (which proposes to confer on the Board of Trade certain powers of regulating the hours of labour of Railway Servants) with the view of its being referred to the Select Committee. It would be open for any hon. Member to bring the proposals of the Bill before the Committee.