Under the Transport Act it is the responsibility of the British Transport Commission to pay due regard to the safety of operation of the services for which they are responsible. A function of my Department in the case of railway accidents is to investigate their causes and to make appropriate recommendations. I have no doubt that the Commission will attach great weight to any such recommendations as the railway companies did in the past. With regard to the collision which occurred at Winsford on 17th April, the inspecting officer has commenced his inquiry and has advised that the stoppage of the train by the pulling of the communication cord should not have led to an accident, but I must reserve any further statement until I have received his report. I should like to take this opportunity of expressing my sympathy with those who were injured, and with relatives of those who were killed, in this regrettable accident. I am drawing the attention of the Commission to the suggestion made by the hon. Member for St. Marylebone (Sir W. Wakefield).