§ MR. WARDLE (Stockport)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been called to the hours worked by the night clerical staff on all parts of the London and North Western Railway; if he will call for a Return for the months of November and December, 1905, and of March, 1906; and if he proposes to give clerks the opportunity for complaint under the Hours Act, 1893.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEThe Board of Trade have no power which would enable them to call for a Return, such as that suggested, and persons employed in clerical work are explicitly excluded from the operation of the Railway Regulation Act, 1893.