§ MR. C. HOBHOUSE (Wilts, Devizes)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Great Western Railway Company has presented plans for a change in its system between Hunger-ford and Trowbridge from a single to a double line, and whether the plans continue the present level crossing at Little Bedwyn; and whether, if this be so, the Board of Trade have any power to compel the Great Western Railway Company to provide either a bridge or a subway at this crossing?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. MUNDELLA, Sheffield, Brightside)I am informed that plans have been deposited by the Great Western Railway Company in connection with the proposed introduction of a Bill, from which it appears that Parliamentary powers will be sought to lay down an additional line of rails over the level crossing referred to. Under the Standing Orders it will be necessary that a Report from an officer of the Board of Trade upon the proposal of the company should be laid before the Committee on the Bill, but it will rest with the Committee to decide whether the powers sought for should be given.