§ Mr. CHARLES BATHURSTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether in view of the dependence of the population of this country for their regular supply of daily food upon external sources of production and the maintenance unimpaired of a regular railway service as the necessary medium of its distribution, he will in view of the possibly serious effects of the dislocation of railway traffic consequent upon differences arising between privately-owned railway companies and their employés, consider the desirability of the purchase by the State, at a full actuarial valuation, of the railway companies' undertakings, and introduce a Bill with this object during the Autumn Session?
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§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe Government have no intention of introducing such a measure during the present Session.