§ MR. MARSHALL HALL (Lancashire, Southport)To ask the Secretary to the 1153 Board of Trade if, having regard to the great loss of life among passengers travelling in the front carriage of the electric train in the recent accident on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at Hall Road, he will consider the advisability of taking steps, by legislation or otherwise, to make it compulsory for all trains of that description to have some sort of buffer, empty carriage, or other mechanical contrivance in the fore part of such trains, so that, in case of collision, the force of the impact may be, to some extent, broken; also whether, if the points leading into the siding in which the empty train was standing were what are known as facing points, the Board of Trade will consider the advisability of issuing further regulations with regard to the use of such points.
(Answered by Mr. Bonar Law.) The suggestions made by my hon. and learned friend will no doubt be dealt with by the inspecting officer in his report on the accident in question, and will be considered by the Board of Trade.