§ MR. HOBHOUSEI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade, if, under the provisions of the Light Railways Bill, as amended, it will be practicable for the promoters of a line already authorised under the Tramways Acts to apply to the Light Railway Commission for powers to take land compulsorily and for further variations of the Provisional Order authorising their undertaking?
§ MR. RITCHIENo, Sir; the Light Railway Commissioners could not entertain an application to vary the terms of a Provisional Order, but there is nothing in the Bill to prevent the owners of a tramway putting themselves in a position to make their property the basis of an application for a Light Railway Order.