§ SIR EDWARD HILL (Bristol, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the proposed Employers' Liability Bill will apply to the workmen in the Royal Arsenals and Dockyards, and to the seamen, engineers, and marines of the Royal Navy?
§ MR. ASQUITHNo. The Bill does not extend to persons in the employment of the Crown.
§ MR. TOMLINSON (Preston)Do the Government intend to make it apply?
§ MR. ASQUITHThe proposal to make the Bill apply to the workmen in the Royal Arsenals and Dockyards is under consideration, but at present I cannot hold out any hope that the proposal will be embodied in the Bill.
§ SIR J. GORST (Cambridge University)Will the right hon. Gentleman say whether or not the Bill will apply to workmen in the Dockyards and Arsenals?
§ MR. ASQUITHMy present view is that the Bill will not be extended in the direction indicated.