§ Mr. VINCENT KENNEDYasked the President of the Board of Trade if he has seen a contract form of the Great Eastern Railway Company seeking to compel blind persons using their line to employ a guardian or guide, and purporting to absolve this company from any damage caused or received whilst travelling on their system; will he say if it is proposed to charge a fare for the guide or guardian; has the proposal the sanction of his Department; has this company actually refused to carry blind persons; and will he say what action, if any, his Department intends taking in the matter?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI have seen a contract form to the effect stated, but it was subsequently modified so as only to absolve the company from liability for any injury to a passenger arising from his defective vision. I have been in communication with the company, and have been informed by them that the instructions requiring blind passengers to provide a guide for their assistance at certain points have now been withdrawn.