§ Mr. BENNETT-GOLDNEYasked the Prime Minister if, in view of the extent and seriousness of the landslide which has destroyed the old South-Eastern main line between Folkestone and Dover, he will consider, with the Government authority now responsible for the efficiency of our railways, the present necessity for linking up the two separate main lines at Canterbury, where the Chatham and Dover system crosses the South-Eastern, so that the prolonged inconvenience with which both the military and the public are threatened may be minimised at the earliest possible moment?
Mr. RUNCIMANThe Prime Minister has asked me to reply to this question. I am asking the Managing Committee of the South-Eastern and Chatham Railway for their observations on the subject, and will inform the hon. Gentleman of the result.