§ MR. LUNDON () Limerick, E.On behalf of the hon. Member for the St. Patrick Division of Dublin, I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that Irish railway companies make it a condition of their service that all employees shall join the benefit societies managed by the company; and whether, seeing that this condition discourages membership to the-Amalgamated Railway Servants' Society, he will consider the advisability of taking steps to prevent this interference with, these men's liberty.
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE (Mr. Gerald Balfour,) Leeds, CentralI have no information that the Irish railway companies make 1225 such a condition as the hon. Member refers to. The matter does not appear to be one in which the Board of Trade could: intervene in the manner suggested.