§ MR. TENNANT (Berwickshire)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether an inquiry was held in 1899 into the nature of employment in the extraction of arsenic; whether he has received a Report upon the subject; and, if so, whether it will be laid upon the Table of the House; and whether it is proposed to amend the existing special rules relating to this employment.
§ * SIR M. WHITE RIDLEYI instituted an inquiry last year with regard to the 1319 health of the persons employed in certain works for the reduction of arsenic in Devon and Cornwall. I have not yet received the final Report on this inquiry, but I gather from an interim Report made some time ago that it is not likely that the establishment of any new special rules in those works will be necessary.
§ MR. TENNANTWill the right hon. Gentleman lay the Papers when the Report is completed?
§ * SIR M. WHITE RIDLEYI should think there will be no objection to that.