§ 81. Mr. Remerasked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the fact that most experts are of the opinion that railway coaches of wooden character are safer, and that if the coaches on the District Railway had been wooden coaches instead of all-steel coaches the casualties would have been negligible, he will set up a departmental committee to inquire into this and other problems in connection with safety on railways?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport (Captain Austin Hudson)My right hon. Friend is not in a position to draw any deductions from the recent accident on the District Railway until he has received the Inspecting Officer's report.
§ Mr. RemerIn view of the importance of this matter, will my hon. and gallant Friend take notice of some of the evidence which was given at the inquiry on Friday into the Charing Cross railway accident, which decisively states that wooden coaches are safer than steel?