§ 10. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the North Staffordshire Railway Com- 1699 pany have given, or have been asked by the Board of Trade to give, any date by which they hope to resume work on the Trentham-Newcastle light railway; and and whether any reply has been received from them?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThe railway company inform me that they cannot at present give a date for the resumption of this work, although as the hon. and gallant Member has already been informed by letter, they hope to be able to arrange for such a resumption.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODWill these men be informed that their demands will not be refused until the question of nationalisation is settled one way or the other?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI do not know whether that will be so or not.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODWill it be possible for a railway company to decide these matters under the new Transport Bill?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThat is not the question on the Paper.