§ Mr. CAMPBELLasked the Minister of Transport how many stoppages have taken place on the underground railways of London within the last three months owing to failure of current; whether these stoppages are becoming more 1186W numerous, and whether any remedial action can be recommended to the companies concerned to minimise the inconvenience to the public?
§ Lieut.-Colonel ASHLEYI have brought this matter to the notice of the railway companies concerned, and am informed that no stoppages or delays owing to the failure or the temporary reduction of the current have occurred during the last three months on the Metropolitan Railway, and that there have been three such delays on the Metropolitan District and London Electric Railway Company's system in all. Of these, one was due to circumstances of an exceptional nature, and the other two were attributable to an abnormal quantity of leaves in the river affecting the supply of the condensing water. Works are already in progress to overcome this difficulty.