§ MR. WILLIAM JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is the intention of the Government to propose or accept an Amendment by which laundries attached to convents will be exempted from the operation of the Factories and Workshops Act?
§ MR. ASQUITHThe question as to the best mode of adapting the provision of this clause to religious and charitable institutions, in connection with which laundry work is carried on for profit, is under consideration, and the decision of the Government will be announced in due time before the clause is reached in the Standing Committee.