§ Mr. HUDSONasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will instruct the inspecting officer who has charge of the investigation into the cause of the recent fires on the trains of the London tube railways to also consider the danger to the travelling public by the carriage of miscellaneous classes of merchandise on the tube trains; and whether it is safe for such parcels to be carried in the compartment next the electric motor; and if he will publish the report made on this question?
Mr. BUXTONIt has not been considered necessary to order an inquiry into the recent electrical failure at Down Street Station, to which I presume that my hon. Friend refers. I am advised that the carriage of parcels on tube railways is not likely to involve any danger to passengers.