§ MR. DAVID THOMASI beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether he will consider the advisability of assimilating the law in respect to Indian coal mines to the mining legislation of this country in so far as the different circumstances are applicable, and particularly will he advise the prohibition of the employment of women and young children underground in India.
§ LORD G. HAMILTONBy the Indian Mines Act of 1901 the law of India in respect of coal and other mines has been assimilated to the law of this country as far as, in my judgment, the different circumstances of India render such assimilation feasible. Under the conditions of labour prevailing in India, the safeguards provided by the Act, in respect of the employment of women and children, are sufficient, and I am not prepared to advise the adoption of further restrictions.