§ 44. Mr. THOMASasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the enginemen and firemen employed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company have not adequate protection from the weather, which results in an increase of sickness and consequent strain upon the National Health Insurance Act; and whether he will take steps to see that an alteration takes place for the protection of these men?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE (Mr. Buxton)I have communicated with the railway company on the subject of my hon. Friend's question, and have received a reply to the effect that their engines are all fitted with adequate cab accommodation and that the men are quite as well protected from the weather as those on any other railway. The company add that their enginemen axe conspicuously free from illness.