HC Deb 22 April 1898 vol 56 cc806-7
MR. WEIR

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the Board of Trade have communicated with the railway companies on the points in the bye-laws of the various railway companies which are in contravention of Section 5 of The Regulation of Railways Act, 1889; and whether any date has yet been fixed for issuing the revised bye-laws?

THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. C. T. RITCHIE,) Croydon

Yes, Sir; the Board of Trade and the Railway Association have been in communication with reference to a new code of Bye-laws. Negotiations are advanced, but there are points, legal and otherwise, which must receive full consideration, and I cannot name a date on which the Bye-laws will be issued. The Railway Companies themselves are anxious for a new code.

MR. WEIR

Is there any prospect of the Bye-laws being produced this year?

THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE

I should be very much surprised if they are not issued within a month or two.