§ 42. Mr. FORRESTasked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the slow progress of the negotiations with the railwaymen on the subject of the standardisation of wages, he will take an early opportunity of placing before the public the two points of view; and whether, in any case, he will take steps to avoid a sudden strike being declared without due and adequate warning to the community as a whole?
§ Sir E. GEDDESI must refer the hon. Member to the Prime Minister's reply to the hon. Member for Middlesbrough last Thursday.