§ MR. J. E. ELLIS (Nottingham, Rushcliffe)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, having regard to the disasters and loss of life which have take place in coal mines through the presence of coal dust and the dangerous use therein of shot-firing, the Government will be prepared to press forward a measure next Session carrying out the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Coal Dust, in their Report on 16th June, 1894, that the Secretary of State should be given further powers to limit and prohibit the use of gunpowder in fiery, dry, or dusty mines?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. ASQUITH,) Fife, E.I hope next Session to introduce a Bill dealing with the 366 matters discussed in the Report, especially with regard to shot-firing and coal dust.