§ 4. Mr. FRANCEasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will institute an inquiry into the causes of the overcrowding of trains and the measures necessary to give relief to a long-suffering public?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI doubt whether an inquiry such as that suggested would be likely to lead to any very useful result. The causes of the overcrowding of the railways are known, and arise mainly from the shortage of rolling stock, materials, and staff. The Railway Executive Committee assure me that the railway companies are doing, and will continue to do, everything possible to effect improvements as and when circumstances permit.
§ 7. Mr. WILLIAM CARTERasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the passenger trains running between Nottingham and Mansfield, on the Midland and Great Central lines, are totally inadequate to meet the demands of the travelling public; and, if so, whether he will ask the Railway Executive to remove the congestion by running some additional trains?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI am communicating with the Railway Executive Committee on this matter, and will write to the hon. Gentleman when I have received their reply.