§ MR. A. GROVE (West Ham, N.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the fact that the shunters and pointsmen employed in the London goods yards of the Great Eastern Railway are, with six exceptions, working for 12 hours a day; and whether, if these facts are correct, the Board of Trade will take steps under the recent Act to have these hours shortened, taking into account the exceptionally dangerous nature of the employment?
§ MR. BRYCEIf my hon. Friend will cause a representation to be made to the Board of Trade giving particulars of the hours of work complained of, and alleging that they are unreasonable, I will cause inquiry to be addressed to the Company under the provisions of "The Regulation of Railways Act, 1893."