§ MR. PICKARDI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will lay upon the Table of the House a verbatim Copy of the shorthand notes taken at the coroner's inquest on the 176 bodies killed by the explosion at the Llanerch Colliery, Monmouth, on 6th February, 1890; whether he will give instructions to prosecute the manager and firemen for having violated General Rules 4, 8, and 12 of "The Mines Act, 1887;" and whether, having regard to the safety and well-being of our miners generally, and the Llanerch miners in particular, he will institute a special inquiry into the cause or causes of the explosion at this colliery, as provided in Section 45 of '?The Mines Act, 1887"?
§ MR. STUART WORTLEYThe Secretary of State is daily expecting the Report of the learned counsel who represented the Home Office at the inquest. Pending its receipt, he is not in a position to reply to the questions of the hon. Member.