MR. R. G. WEBSTERI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade, whether he is aware that pianos manufactured in Germany and elsewhere abroad are carried over railways in the United Kingdom at lower rates than those manufactured in London; and, whether this preference in the transit of foreign-made goods is in direct contravention of the Railway Rates Act?
§ MR. RITCHIEI am not aware of the practice referred to by the hon. Member, and without the facts of a particular case before me it would be imprudent to express an opinion on the law.