§ MR. CLAUDE HAY (Shoreditch, Hoxton)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether, having regard to the fact that numbers of working people are compelled to use the District Railway daily to reach their places of business, and that the increased fares now charged by the District Railway Company impose a burden upon their weekly earnings, he will accede to the request of the East Ham and District Workmen's Trains Committee for an interview, with a view to action being taken to restore the fares to the rates at which they were fixed when these people were induced to pay the rents of the houses they now occupy.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) Yes, Sir. The secretary to the committee in question has been in communication with me, and a few days ago I wrote suggesting a date for an interview.