§ 59. Colonel Lord HENRY CAVENDISH-BENTINCKasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the 50 per cent, increase in railway fares and the withdrawal of facilities hitherto granted to commercial travellers not only bears heavily on that class, but is a handicap to the trade of this country; and whether he is yet in a position to state what concessions will be granted to meet these difficulties?
Mr. ROBERTSI am afraid I cannot add to the reply given on Monday last to questions by the hon. Members for the Houghton-le-Spring and Harborough Divisions, of which I am sending the Noble Lord a copy.