§ MR. CALDWELL (Lanark, Mid)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that on Saturday, 30th April last, John Traill and John Connor were duly elected checkweighmen at Allanshaw Colliery, Lanarkshire, by a ballot of the men, which was duly intimated to the manager at the colliery, but that the manager refuses to allow the checkweighmen to enter upon their duties; and what steps the Home Secretary intends to take to enforce the law?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENTYes, the case was reported to me. I understand the question in dispute was whether the appointment was, in fact, duly intimated. The manager thought the notice given him by one of the men appointed insufficient, and asked that a deputation from the men should attend and give formal notice. The Act is not explicit as to what intimation ought to be given; but I am 1216 glad to learn that the matter is now settled, a deputation of the workmen having given the manager the notice he required, and that the two checkweighmen have entered on their duties.