§ MR. BELLI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been called to the system recently adopted by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company of loading goods and minerals trains, whereby the trains often approach half a mile in length; whether he is aware that on 3rd July a train left Goole with 146 vehicles, and on 8th July a train left same station with 156 vehicles; and whether, for the safety of the men employed and of the general public, he will inquire into the expediency of running such long trains.
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI have no information as to the trains specifically mentioned, but my attention has been directed generally to the matter referred to by the hon. Member. As at present advised I see no grounds for interfering with the discretion of the railway company in regard thereto.