HC Deb 14 March 1893 vol 10 c90
MR. BURNIE (Swansea Town)

I had given notice to move— That, in the opinion of this House, an unreasonable Rate or Charge made by a Railway or Canal Company should be declared illegal; and that under the Board of Trade, a cheap, simple, and expeditious mode of determining, in cases of dispute, what is a reasonable Rate or Charge should be established. I wish to explain that I have been prevented from moving this by the fact that a somewhat similar resolution was moved earlier in the Session. Had it not been for this restriction I should certainly have moved the Resolution and pressed it to a division, because I hold that unless Parliament deals with the question promptly, serious injury will be caused to British trade and commerce.