§ MR. ROGERS (Wiltshire, Devizes)I beg to ask the President of the Board 497 of Trade whether his attention has been called to the fact that on 23rd March a child returning from school was knocked down and killed by a Great Western Railway express on a level crossing at Knowle, Pewsey; whether he is aware that the continuance of this level crossing was strongly condemned at the coroners' inquest by the coroner and the jury, that it has been the subject of repeated complaints by the parish council of Pewsey to the railway company for the last fourteen years, that other fatal accidents have occurred at the same spot, that the crossing is in daily use by the public, more especially by school children, and that this section of the company's line is now used increasingly by fast trains to and from the West; and whether, in view of these facts and the feeling engendered locally by the recurrence of these fatal accidents, he will make such representation to the company as will cause a footbridge to be substituted for this dangerous level crossing.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE,) Carnarvon BoroughsI am in communication with the railway company with regard to the recommendation of the coroner's jury, and will inform my hon. friend of the result.