§ 16. Mr. JOWETTasked the Secretary to the Board of Trade if his attention has been called to the delay in the delivery of foodstuffs from Liverpool; if he has been informed that in one case, for instance, a firm of Liverpool sugar brokers passed an order on to the forwarding agent for the transport by rail of a consignment of sugar on the 3rd January last which had not been railed on the 17th of that month; and if he will make inquiries and ascertain whether there is any reasonable excuse for the present condition of affairs?
Mr. ROBERTSI am aware that there has unfortunately been some congestion of traffic in the Liverpool district. I shall be glad if the hon. Gentleman will furnish me with particulars of the case to which he refers in order that inquiry may be made into it.