§ Sir J. D. REESasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Government consider that an independent inquiry into the whole subject of transport is necessary and should be undertaken without delay, and that the committee of inquiry should be one before which witnesses can be called from all quarters, including the Board of Trade, engineers, and railway managers, from which useful information may be procurable, so that, as a result of such inquiry, reforms may be suggested of a practical and comprehensive nature destined to be the means of placing the transport system of this country at least on an equality with that of other great nations?
§ Mr. WARDLEThe President of the Board of Trade dealt with this matter in the Debate on the Board of Trade Estimates yesterday, and I would refer my hon. Friend to what my right hon. Friend said on that occasion.