§ MR. HUDSON (Newcastle-on-Tyne)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade of he is aware that the hours of duty of the gate signalmen at the St. George's road and Hawthorne avenue level crossings, Hull, North Eastern Railway, are at present six turns of twelve hours' day duty and seven turns of twelve hours' night duty per fortnight, without any clear Sunday off duty; whether any inquiry has been made under the Hours Act, 1893; and, if so, can he say what conclusion has been arrived at.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEInquiry has been made in this matter, and the railway company have arranged that the gatemen concerned are to have a clear interval of twenty-four hours off duty on alternate Sundays.