§ Mr. SCURRasked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that under Section 21 of the Act of 1912, whereby the Midland Railway Company acquired the London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway, the company is under an obligation to prepare forthwith a scheme for working traffic by electrical power by the direct route between Fenchurch Street and Southend; whether such scheme has been prepared; and, if not, whether he will take steps to cause the railway company to fulfil its statutory obligation?
§ colonel ASHLEYI am aware of the provisions of the Section to which the hon. Member refers, but I do not think that it would be proper for me to express any opinion as to whether the railway company are, or are not, complying with them. I have no knowledge of any present intention on the part of the railway company to electrify this line.