§ Mr. MADDISON (Sheffield, Brightside)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the rider to the verdict of a coroner's jury at Brecon, respecting the fatal accident to a Midland goods guard named William Burley, to the effect that the jury were unanimously of opinion that the attention of the Board of Trade should be called to the dangerous state of the Brecon goods yard and to the fact that several accidents had previously happened near the same place; and whether he will at once order an inquiry to be held into the working arrangements at the shunting yard.
§ MR. RITCHIEYes, Sir. I have seen the rider referred to, and the Board of Trade have ordered an inquiry into the causes of the recent accident.