§ 25. Mr. GILBERTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that when the South-Eastern and Chatham Railway Company closed their Crystal Palace line in January, 1917, season-ticket holders were permitted to use adjacent stations on the Brighton Company's line and, as a result, many passengers renewed their season-tickets on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway; whether he is aware that on the reopening of the South-Eastern Crystal Palace lines this month season-ticket holders have applied that they may now use their unexpired London, Brighton and South Coast Railway tickets on the re-opened line; that this has been refused by the South-Eastern and Chatham Railway Company; and will he instruct the Railway Executive Committee to allow this concession to passengers who have suffered the inconvenience of having their stations closed for over two years?