§ MR. FAWCETTsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for die Home Department, When the Government will introduce their promised measure for the extension of the Factory Acts; and whether the Government has considered the desirability of regulating the employment and education of children who are employed in agriculture?
§ SIR GEORGE GREYsaid, in reply to the first Question of the hon. Member, that it was not possible at present to fix a day for the introduction of the Bill. The last Report of the Factory Inspectors applied to a variety of trades, and it would require some time as well as much consideration to deal with the various details connected with the subject The process of investigating them with a view to legislation was, however, being carried on with all due despatch. The Government had no intention at present of dealing with the subject of his hon. Friend's second Question.