§ Bill, as amended, considered.
§ MR. STUART-WORTLEY (Sheffield, Hallam)formally moved to omit from the Schedule the words "Section nine," for the purpose of asking a question. The Schedule applied to quarries henceforth to be subject to the Metalliferous Mines Act the section of the old Mines Act which prohibited the payment of wages in public-houses. But by the general Act of 1883 this was made illegal anywhere. Was it worth while, therefore, to include this section in the Schedule?
§ MR. ASQUITHsaid, he was quite aware of the fact that by general Act the practice was prohibited, but it had been thought more convenient to include the section in the application of the Mines Act to quarries, and though it was not necessary it could do no harm. The hon. Gentleman on a previous occasion inquired as to whether the reference to the Schedules by number meant inclusive. That was so, and it was provided for in the Interpretation Clause.
§ Bill read the third time, and passed.