§ Mr. LYNCHasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the whole of the traffic, both goods and passenger trains, at Saffron Walden was 2148W entirely held up at certain periods during Wednesday, 30th January, 1918, and also during Wednesday, 23rd January, 1918, and frequently at other times on the Great Eastern Cambridge main line whilst the running of special trains takes place; whether he is aware that this causes a number of business men and others whose time is valuable to be shunted for considerable periods, causing loss, inconvenience, and annoyance; whether this state of affairs will be obviated by placing special carriages on to ordinary expresses at least during this time of restricted facilities for travelling; whether for at least three days lately no goods traffic has been able to get through to the borough of Saffron Walden during at least one of which days the above trains upset the traffic; and whether he proposes to take any action?
§ Mr. WARDLEI have asked the Great Eastern Railway Company for their observations on this matter, and I will communicate with the hon. Gentleman upon receipt of their reply.