§ MR. A. C. MORTON (Peterborough)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the Board of Trade have yet arranged with the Railway Companies entering the Metropolis to allow workwomen to travel by trains at workmen's trains fares up to 8 o'clock in the morning; and, if not, will he expedite the matter, so that workwomen, who are employed in the Metropolis, may not be compelled to wait about the railway stations or in the streets until their places of business are open?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. BRYCE,) Aberdeen, S.The Board of Trade are in communication with the Railway Association, and have received a promise that inquiries shall be promptly made. The hon. Member will understand that a reasonable time must be given the Association to collect the necessary information from the Railway Companies. The Board of Trade quite appreciate the importance of the question raised by my hon. Friend, and the matter shall not be lost sight of.