§ 93. Mr. MILLSasked the Minister of Transport if he has received from the Erith Urban District Council the petition addressed to him by 400 users of the cinder-path crossing of the Southern Railway Company at Belvedere, Kent; and 1678 whether, in view of the electrification of the suburban traffic, he will arrange to secure an improvement respecting the whole of the crossings from Woolwich to Erith?
§ Mr. HAYESI have been asked to reply. My right hon. Friend the Minister of Transport has not seen the petition referred to by my hon. Friend, which I understand was addressed to the Southern Railway Company. After this line was electrified about five years ago the electrification works, including the arrangements at level crossings, were inspected and approved by one of the Ministry's Inspecting Officers of Railways, and the railway company now state that all reasonable precautions have been taken at the level crossings so far as they are concerned. The Minister of Transport understands that the crossing particularly referred to is of the footpath type.