§ MR. JOSEPH HOWARD (Middlesex, Tottenham)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade, whether, having regard to the serious character of Major Cardew's Report on the explosions which occurred on 1st February last on Southwark Bridge, he will state whether the City of London Electric Lighting Company have now taken the necessary measures so as fully to comply with the regulations imposed on them by the Board of Trade for the protection of the public?
§ MR. BRYCEThe Company state that, upon the receipt of Major Cardew's Report, they at once began to take the measures recommended in the Report to ensure compliance with the Regulations of the Board of Trade. I am informed that the Company are employing a large staff of men, and are pushing on the work. From its nature and extent, however, some time must necessarily elapse before it is completed.