§ Mr. HANCOCKasked the Secretary to the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Great Northern Railway Company has refused to take goods from London to Heanor, Derbyshire, although that is the only station now open in that district; that residents are consequently suffering great inconvenience; and will he endeavour to rectify this grievance?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI presume that the hon. Gentleman refers to the fact that traffic between London and Heanor is now conveyed by the Midland Railway which offers a more direct route than that of the Great Northern Railway. These arrangements have been made in view of the necessity of economising railway transport facilities, and I do not think I could press the railway companies to alter them.