§ Mr. FIENNESasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can state the rates of wages in the various branches of labour on the following railway systems, the London and North-Western, the Great Northern, the Midland, and Southwestern, and the Great Western, respectively?
Mr. BUXTONI am unable to give the information in the form asked for by my hon. Friend, but I may say that a comprehensive report on the wages and hours of duty of railway servants has been in preparation for some time and will be published in the autumn. I may add that some particulars of settlements as to wages arrived at on the railways named under the Railway Conciliation Scheme-are given in the Blue Book, Cd. 5332, published in 1910.