§ MR. YOXALL (Nottingham W.)To ask the hon. Member for South Somerset as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether his attention has been drawn to an invention described as a spark arrester for locomotives, concerning which a Paper was read before the council of the Midland Counties Institution of Engineers at Nottingham in September last; and whether he will cause an inquiry to be made into the value of this invention as a means of preventing damage by fire to hedges and fields adjacent to railways.
§ (Answered by Mr. Lloyd - George): My hon. friend has asked me to reply to this Question. The attention of the Board of Trade has been called to the invention referred to, and the Paper respecting it has been seen by the technical officers of the Board. The adoption of any particular appliance of this character is, however, a matter for the consideration of the several railway companies.