§ MR. HOOPER (Dudley)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the arrangements referred to in the published correspondence between the Board of Trade and the Railway Companies' Association are recorded in any minutes relating to the conferences of goods managers at their clearing house or elsewhere, and, if so, whether he will obtain a copy for the information of the House; and if he will ascertain if such arrangements affect the question of railway rates directly or indirectly, apart from the question of rebates, and whether foreign merchandise, imported from the Continent, is specially exempted from the arrangements referred to in the published correspondence.
§ (Answered by Mr. Kearley.) The Board of Trade are in correspondence with the railway companies in this matter, and my right hon. friend will communicate with the hon. Member as soon as possible.