§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Trade if he will call the attention of the railway companies to the narrowness of the footboards of the carriages used in the new express services from the North to Folkestone, Dover, and Deal, and to the amount of space between the footboards and the platform at Deal Station; and will he recommend that such steps be taken in the matter as will prevent the lives of the public being endangered.
§ MR. BONAR LAWI have called the attention of the, railway companies concerned to the hon. Member's Question, and I understand that inquiry is being made into the matter.