§ MR. FIELD (Dublin, St. Patrick's)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Government will take measures to have the Factory Acts applied to tramway employés, so as to reduce the hours of labour and provide an interval for meals?
§ MR. ASQUITHI should be very glad to see the hours of tramway men, which are, I fear, often excessive, 479 reduced, but even if upon other grounds the inclusion of tramways under the Factory Acts were possible, as they only deal directly with the evils complained of in the case of women and young persons, they would be inoperative for the purpose which the hon. Member has in view.
MR. KEIR-HARDIE (West Ham, S.)Will the Home Secretary consider the advisability of bringing tramway employés under the Railway Servants (Hours of Labour) Act?
§ MR. ASQUITHThat is rather a question for the President of the Board of Trade.