§ MR. LONSDALEI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he has considered the Report of Lieutenant Colonel Yorke that the collision on the London and North-Western Railway near Atherton Station was due to the debilitated condition of the driver, and to the fact that he was in the last stage of a fatal complaint; and whether he 943 intends to take any measures to secure the more frequent medical examination of engine drivers.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEI am already in communication with the principal railway companies on the subject of the medical examination of engine-drivers, and I am now calling their special attention to Colonel Yorke's Report on the accident near Atherton.
§ MR. WARDLE (Stockport)Is it not the fact that the regulator in this case was stiff, and may that not have had something to do with the accident?
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEColonel Yorke is clearly of opinion that the state of the health of the engine-driver was responsible for the accident.