§ MR. WEIR (ROSS and Cromarty)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will state whether all the Board of Trade inspectors, deputed to report on railways or tramways worked by electric power, are fully-qualified electrical engineers.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEStatutory inspectors of railways and tramways to be worked by electricity are made, so far as the electrical equipment is concerned, by the Board's electrical adviser, who is a fully-qualified electrical engineer, and all questions regarding the use of electrical energy for the working of such lines are referred to that officer.