HC Deb 12 July 1898 vol 61 c675
MR. TENNANT (Berwickshire)

I beg to ask the Attorney General whether, having regard to the definition of a non-textile factory, as contained in section 93 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1878, farm servants engaged in thrashing corn in a barn by means of a machine worked by steam power come within the scope of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1897?

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Sir R. E. WEBSTER,) Isle of Wight

In my opinion farm servants engaged in thrashing corn by means of a machine worked by steam power, whether in a barn or not, do not come within the scope of the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897.

MR. TENNANT

But is not the thrashing of corn preparing an article for sale? On what does the honourable and learned Gentleman base his opinion?

SIR R. WEBSTER

On the words of the section.