§ MR. MARKHAM (Nottinghamshire, Mansfield)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of several fatal accidents that have recently occurred in mines from electrical shocks, and seeing the rapid development of electrical power in mines, he will forthwith see that special rules be drafted to regulate the conditions under which electrical power may be safely employed.
§ *MR. RITCHIEI think the hon. Member must be under a misapprehension. As far as I can learn from the Inspectors of Mines only two fatal accidents in mines have occurred from electric shocks during the last sixteen months. At the same time I may say that the question of the use of electricity in mines is being carefully watched by the Home Office and the inspectors.