§ MR. S. SMITH (Flintshire)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that a piece of common land in the parish of Halkyn, Flintshire, and known as Halkyn Mountain, is honeycombed with quarries, some of which are worked, but most of which are disused; that none of the quarries whether worked or disused are fenced; and whether, seeing that the mountain is open and covered with footpaths, and that these quarries are dangerous to life, Her Majesty's Government will exercise some pressure on the Department of Woods and Forests so that some protection may be given to life and limb on Halkyn Mountain without delay?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. ASQUITH,) Fife, E.The Report which I have received from Her Majesty's Inspector of Metalliferous Mines fully bears out the statements in the first paragraph of my hon. Friend's question. I have communicated with the Office of Woods, and learn from them that in the case of quarries held by Crown lessees steps will be taken to enforce the covenant as to fencing.