§ Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire as to the provision of means of escape from fire in factories, workshops, laundries, offices, shops, hotels, and other buildings where persons work or live in large numbers, and to report what changes in the law are necessary for the protection of life, having special regard to the case of buildings in the occupation of more than one occupier.
§ The Committee was accordingly nominated of: Mr. Arkwright, Mr. James Bailey, Mr. Brigg, Mr. Munro Ferguson, Mr. Vincent Kennedy, Mr. Malcolm, Mr. Lawson, Mr. Norman, Mr. Ridley, Mr. Soames, and Mr. Tuff.
§ Ordered, That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers, and records.
§ Ordered, That Three be the quorum—(Sir A. Acland-Hood.)