§ MR. TALBOT (Oxford University)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is prepared to issue a special order under the provisions of the Factory and Workshop Act of last year, section 41, to regulate the exceptions given, in the process of cleaning and preparing fruit.
§ *MR. RITCHIEThe Chief Inspector of Factories has the matter under consideration; and I shall come to a decision on his recommendations in time to bring any order which I may make into force by the first of June, when the exceptions referred to begin to operate.