HC Deb 04 December 1902 vol 115 c1332
MR. TULLY

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade, whether his attention has been called to the deaths from gas poisoning in the City of Dublin; and can he give the percentage of water gas used in Dublin as an admixture; and what is the proportion of water gas allowed in English towns.

MR. GERALD BALFOUR

My attention has not been called to any death from gas poisoning in Dublin. According to the Return made by the Alliance and Dublin Gas Consumers' Company for 1901 the maximum proportion in which carburetted water gas was supplied by that Company in admixture with coal gas during that year was 39 per cent. There is no statutory restriction on the proportion of water gas which may be supplied in any part of the United Kingdom. The proportions in which water gas is actually used in various English towns are given in the Annual Return presented to Parliament.

MR. TULLY

Cannot the right hon. Gentleman give the proportion in English terms?

MR. GERALD BALFOUR

If the hon. Gentleman will refer to the Return, he will be able to see for himself.