§ MR. PAUL (Northampton)I bog to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the frequent stoppages and de-lays of the electric trains on the Metropolitan District Railway; and whether the directors can by any means be induced to consult the convenience of the travelling public.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEI would refer my hon. friend to the Answer on this subject which I gave on March 20th, to the noble Lord the Member for Maidstone.† Since that time I am glad to say that complaints have materially fallen off. I have no doubt that the railway company are fully alive to the desirability in their own interest as well as that of the public of putting an end as far as possible to the stoppages and delays referred to.
§ † See (4) Debates, cliv., 218.