§ 20. Mr. GILBERTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state what powers his Department have as to overcrowding on railways from the point of view of public safety and if any action has been taken against the Metropolitan and District Underground Rail-ways and the various tube railways in London on the dangerous overcrowding of their trains on mornings and evenings?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThe responsibility for taking such steps as are possible to prevent undue overcrowding on railways rests with the railway companies concerned, who, I think, are doing their best in the present difficult circumstances. The Board of Trade have no statutory powers in the matter.