§ MR. JOYCE (Limerick)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to a claim made by the Irish Co-operative Agency Society, Limited, Limerick, against the Great Western Railway Company of England and the London and South Western Railway Company over the smashing of boxes of butter, consigned to Haselmere Dairy, Haselmere, Surrey, in June, 1905; has any satisfactory settlement of the claim been made by the railway companies concerned; and, if not, will the Board of Trade take any action to compel those companies to fulfil their public obligations.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE,) Carnarvon BoroughsMy attention had not been previously drawn to the claim to which the hon. Member refers, but I have forwarded a copy of his Question to the two railway companies mentioned, and have received their replies of which I am sending copies to the hon. Member. The case seems to be one in which the aggrieved party has an adequate legal remedy, and not one in which the Board of Trade can take action.