HC Deb 04 July 1898 vol 60 c919
SIR C. DILKE (Gloucester, Forest of Dean)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the fact that the Memorandum appended to the Factories and Workshops (Emergency Processes) Bill contains statements which are both inaccurate and misleading; and whether he will withdraw the Memorandum and have the Bill reissued without it?

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARMENT (Sir M. WHITE RIDLEY,) Lanes, Blackpool

I have received a letter from the right honourable Baronet on the subject. I do not think the Memorandum can be properly described as containing statements which are either inaccurate or misleading, and I have written him a letter which contains my reasons for thinking so. I am afraid I must say that I can see no ground for withdrawing it. The reasons are too long for inclusion in an answer to a Question.