§ MR. WATT (Glasgow, College)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that railway companies in England, when paying compensation for injury or death on their railways, deduct from the amount of compensation any sum which the claimants may have received from an accident assurance company; that the privilege does not exist in Scotland; and if he will rectify, by legislation or otherwise, this preferential treatment.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEI am aware that railway companies in England in paying compensation for death on their railways in respect of claims arising under Lord Campbell's Act are entitled to deduct from the amount of compensation any sum which the claimant may have received from an accident insurance company, and that this state of things does not exist in Scotland. It is my desire at a convenient opportunity to bring in legislation to prevent such deductions.