§ MR. W. T. HOWELL (Denbigh Boroughs)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the fact that the draft licence for the erection of a nitro-glycerine manufactory by Mr. David Paisley at Rhos Neigr, in Anglesey, does not carry out the requirements of the Explosives Acts, in not containing a proper plan showing the situation of the proposed works; whether he is aware that the said manufactory is to be built upon common lands, and in dangerous proximity to the main line of the London and North Western Railway, and to the rising watering-place of Rhos Neigr; and whether a licence under the Explosives Acts, when granted, would entitle the licensee to enclose common lands in defiance of the rights of the commoners?
§ SIR MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEYThe plan attached to the draft licence was considered by the Chief Inspector of Explosives to satisfy the requirements of the Act. The question of dangerous proximity is one which will be proper for the local authority to consider in deciding on the application. I am not aware that the factory is to be built upon common land, but I should certainly say that the licence would not entitle the holder to enclose such land.