HC Deb 01 March 1898 vol 54 cc288-9
MR. MACALEESE

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department will he lay upon the Table of the House the Report, when furnished, of the special inspector sent from Manchester to Belfast to investigate the alleged in-sanitary state of the linen factories in that city; and can he state when the Report is likely to be received at the Home Office.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT

It is not usual to lay ordinary Departmental Reports of this kind before Parliament. The inquiry is now proceeding, and the inspector, who is conducting it, has, I understand, already sent in some reports. When it is concluded, I shall be glad to inform the hon. Member of the result.