§ *MR. HUDSON (Newcastle-on-Tyne)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether any inquiry has been made into the method of working electric trains on various electric railways with only one man in the motor-house in charge of the motive power; and, having due regard to the safety of the traveling public, can he say whether his Department considers the present system of working those trains satisfactory.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. KEARLEY,) DevonportThis question has been considered by the Board's Inspecting Officers of Railways, who inform me that they are not aware that any accident has arisen owing to there being only one man in charge of the driving gear upon electric trains, and that they have no reason for regarding this system of working such trains as dangerous.