§ MR. J. M'KILLOP (Stirlingshire)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether it has been brought to his notice that lock-keepers on the Forth and Clyde Canal, running partly through Stirlingshire, and belonging to a railway company, have a single working shift extending from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m., with no set time for meals, and have the further possibility of disturbed duty during the remaining hours of the night; and whether the Board of Trade possesses any power to see that these hours of labour are reduced; and, if so, whether he will take steps in that direction?
§ MR. RITCHIENo, Sir, the Board of Trade cannot interfere with the hours of labour of these men.