MR. FIELDI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the Railway Companies have under consideration the precise definition of a reasonable time as applied to the carriage of live stock; whether exceptional cases, such as the detention of animals for 30 or 24 hours in railway trucks, comes within that term; and whether compensation for undue delay and deterioration comes within the scope of the statement which is to be placed before the House at Easter?
§ MR. MUNDELLAThe Board of Trade have no power to determine what is a "reasonable time" as applied to the carriage of live stock, but if any case of undue detention is brought under my notice I will call upon the Railway Company for an explanation.