§ Sir H. NIELDasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the Great Western Railway Company have declined to accept any goods for delivery in the district of Ealing notwithstanding that such district is served by their main line, which passes through it; whether such refusal has the sanction of the Railway Executive Committee, and, if so, what is the reason for depriving a large and populous district of the delivery of goods upon which it has always relied, seeing that the company are the only goods carriers by rail serving that neighbourhood; and whether the Board of Trade will take steps to compel a return by the company to their former practice and serve the district in the same manner as other parts of their system?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI am making inquiries into this matter, and will let my hon. and learned Friend know the result.