§ MR. PICKERSGILLI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will inquire into the case of a young woman named Tye, living at 47, Beaufoy Road, Plaistow, who, 12 months ago, while working at the match factory of Messrs. Bryant and May, was attacked by phosphorus poisoning, and has since been attended by Mr. Cornelius Garnan, the medical officer of the firm, or by his son, Dr. Bernard Garnan; and if the notices required by the Factory Act have not been given in this case, will he take steps to enforce the law? I beg also to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will inquire into the case of Ellen Cotter, living at 10, Branley Cottages, St. Leonard's Road, Bromley, E., who, in August last, while working at the match factory of Messrs. Bryant and May, was attacked by phosphorus poisoning, and has since been attended by Mr. Cornelius Garnan, the medical officer of Messrs. Bryant and May, and his son, Dr. Bernard Garnan; and, if the notices required by law have not been given in this case, will he take steps to prosecute the parties in default?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENTThese cases are among those which I mentioned in my answer yesterday, and in which I have ordered a prosecution.