§ MR. MADDISON (Sheffield, Brightside)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been called to the Report of Colonel Addison on the accident at Inniskeen, on the Great Northern Railway, in which it was stated that the driver and fireman of the cattle train had been on duty 17½ hours at the time when the mishap occurred; and whether he will take the necessary steps to prevent this extent of overwork by putting into operation the Railway Regulation Act, 1893?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADEYes, Sir, the Board of Trade are already taking the preliminary steps under the Act.