§ MR. JAMES O'KELLYI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he will consider the need of legislation to prevent railways in Great Britain and Ireland granting more favourable rates to foreign products under cover of through rates, or otherwise, than are given for the transport of home products.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThis Question raises a matter of oldstanding controversy. We are not prepared to submit any legislative proposal to Parliament at the present time.