§ MR. D. CRAWFORD (Lanark, N. E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to complaints that unfair and illegal deductions from the weight of coal have been imposed at two coal pits at Orbiston, in Lanarkshire, 1596 subsequent to the appointment of check-weighers at those pits; and whether he will inquire into these complaints, and, if they are well founded, take steps to enforce the provisions of the Coal Mines Regulation Act?
§ MR. ASQUITHThe Inspector has been communicated with, and the matter is at present engaging his attention.