Mr. PALMERasked the Minister of Transport if he is in a position to say if any representations have been made to him for the reconditioning of Fenchurch Street railway station and the railway to Southend-on-Sea; and whether any such proposal includes electrification?
§ Mr. HERBERT MORRISONI have not yet received any recent representations on the matters referred to by my hon. 1541W Friend, but the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Act of this year foreshadowed a scheme of improved railway communication between London and Southend in lieu of the electrification provided for in the Midland Railway Act, 1912.