§ MR. HALLEY STEWART (Lincoln, Spalding)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Mr. George Bateman has made an application for an inspectorship of factories; and, whether there is any prospect of his obtaining such an appointment?
§ * THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. MATTHEWS, Birmingham, E.)The answer to the first paragraph of the question is in the affirmative, but at the present time there is no vacancy on the staff of the Inspectors of Factories.