HC Deb 29 January 1897 vol 45 cc793-4
CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E)

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the numerous fatal accidents occasioned by the incautious use of cheap oil lamps and, whether he will consider the desirability of taking steps to secure some system of inspection and registration of oil lamps for the protection of the public?

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEY,) Lancashire, Blackpool

I am fully alive to the importance of the question which is raised by the hon. Member, and he will remember that it was one of the subjects which the Select Committee of last Session on petroleum was considering. That Committee will, I hope, be reappointed shortly and conclude their labours at an early date.