§ MR. BYLES (York, W.R., Shipley)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that among the revised Railway Rates and Charges the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company have recently imposed a charge upon bird fanciers and others attending exhibitions for the pets they carry with them in the railway carriage; and whether he can hold out any hope to these people that, in the adjustment of rates which is taking place, they will be relieved of the charge, and restored to their former privilege of conveying free their hampers and cages when these remain in the personal charge of the passenger?
§ MR. MUNDELLAThe Board have no information on the subject alluded to by the hon. Member, but I will invite the observations of the Railway Company on the alleged alteration in their practice.