asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether he is aware that many of the second-class carriages on the suburban lines of the London and North Eastern Railway do not provide a standard of space and comfort equal to that provided for third-class passengers on other railways; and whether he will take steps to secure that in future railway companies shall not be permitted to charge second-class fares to passengers by merely calling certain carriages second-class and without regard to the accommodation provided?

I have no power to prescribe a standard of accommodation for second-class railway carriages, but, if the hon. Member will give me particulars of his complaint, I will bring it to the notice of the railway company concerned.