§ MR. CALDWELL (Lanark, Mid)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has yet received the report of the circumstances attending the accident at Holm Farm Pit, Lanarkshire, on 27th June last, whereby three men, Edward Brannan, William Stevenson, and Matthew Corbett, were killed; and whether he will order a public inquiry into the matter of the accident?
§ MR. ASQUITHThe matter has been inquired into, and as the causes of this inquiry are sufficiently clear from the Inspector's Report, I do not think a public inquiry necessary. I am informed that the structure of the crane which caused the accident is being altered. If my hon. Friend will bring privately to my notice any facts which seem to him to render a public inquiry necessary, I will give them careful attention.