u um ▁bra ke , ▁upon ▁the ▁failure ▁of ▁which ▁General ▁H utch inson ▁reported ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 8 , ▁has ▁remained ▁in ▁use ▁on ▁the ▁Great ▁Northern ▁of ▁Ireland ▁line ▁ever ▁since , ▁and ▁is ▁the ▁same ▁bra ke ▁that ▁was ▁in ▁use ▁in ▁the ▁recent ▁dis astr ous ▁collision ▁near ▁Arm agh ? ▁S IR ▁M . ▁H IC KS ▁BE AC H ▁The ▁facts ▁are ▁as ▁stated ▁in ▁the ▁question ▁ ▁New ▁legisl ation ▁The ▁government ▁was ▁already ▁short ▁of ▁Parliament ary ▁time ▁in ▁which ▁to ▁pass ▁legisl ation ▁it ▁was ▁already ▁committed ▁to , ▁and ▁had ▁promised ▁to ▁introduce ▁no ▁further ▁controvers ial ▁measures . ▁A ▁bill ▁was ▁draft ed ▁and ▁introduced , ▁only ▁to ▁be ▁with dra wn ▁when ▁it ▁became ▁clear ▁that ▁some ▁of ▁its ▁other ▁prov isions ▁( most ▁not ably ▁requiring ▁specified ▁improvements ▁in ▁cou pl ings , ▁so ▁that ▁those ▁engaged ▁in ▁sh un ting ▁could ▁safely ▁un cou ple ▁w ag ons ▁without ▁having ▁to ▁step ▁into ▁the ▁gap ▁between ▁them ) ▁were ▁sufficiently ▁content ious ▁as ▁to ▁je op ard ise ▁passage ▁of ▁the ▁non - cont ro vers ial ▁port ions ▁of ▁the ▁Bill . ▁For ▁that ▁reason , ▁some ▁Liberal ▁MP s ▁sympath etic ▁to ▁railway men ' s ▁concerns ▁on ▁working ▁hours ▁and ▁the ▁ha z ards ▁of ▁sh un ting ▁ ▁expressed ▁disappoint ment ▁that ▁the ▁Bill ▁did ▁not ▁go ▁far ▁enough . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁during ▁the ▁Second ▁Reading ▁a ▁Liberal ▁MP ▁made