§ MR. MACDONA (Southwark, Rotherhithe)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he is aware that three workmen were sent by the Local Authorities into the sewers near Stamford Street on the 4th instant, who in the course of their work were overcome by noxious gases, two of them being found dead in the sewer and one unconscious; and what steps he proposes taking for the better protection of workmen's lives whilst engaged in such dangerous employment?
§ MR. SHAW-LEFEVREMy attention had not previously been drawn to the deaths mentioned from noxious gases in the sewers, and I have no information as to whether any responsibility attaches to the Local Authority in the matter. I will obtain copies of the depositions at the inquest in the cases referred to.