§ Mr. BOWERMANasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the need for increasing the facilities at present provided by railway companies for conveying workpeople to and from their employment; and if he can state the number of workmen's trains run each morning by the railways operating within the Metropolitan area?
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§ Sir A. GEDDESThe total number of trains run by railway companies operating within the Metropolitan area by which workmen can travel is, I am informed, 1,671. I am sending the right hon. Gentleman a copy of a letter that I have received from the Railway Executive Committee giving fuller information on the subject.