§ 66. Sir HENRY FOREMANasked the Prime Minister whether, with the view of providing for skilled labour in the schemes of reproductive work provided and also with the object of increasing the safety of the travelling public, he will suggest to the railway companies that it is now the time to take in hand an extensive scheme of remodelling the present compartment carriages on corridor lines, thereby providing work on a considerable scale either in the direction of reconstructing the railway carriages which exist or in constructing new ones entirely?
§ Lieut.-Colonel ASHLEYI have been asked to answer this question. I think that railway companies are alive to the desirability of replacing compartment carriages by corridor carriages so far as this can be done with advantage, and are adopting this policy. As the hon. Member is doubtless aware, corridor carriages are not necessarily the most suitable for short distance traffic, and I am not prepared to press the companies in the matter.
§ Sir H. FOREMANWill the Prime Minister make representations in favour of third-class sleeping carriages on the journey to Scotland?