§ MR. D. A. THOMAS (Merthyr Tydvil)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he can give the various Commissions and Committees of inquiry upon which Mr. Henry Hardinge S. Cunynghame, C.B., the Logal Assistant Under-Secretary to the Home Office, has been appointed since his advent to the Department, or, if the information is beyond the limits of an oral Answer, will he give it in a Return; and what special qualifications Mr. Cunynghame possesses to report to the Department on mining and engineering questions.
§ MR. GLADSTONEMr. Cunynghame has served with distinction on many Royal Commissions and Committees. Among others he was Chairman of the Committees on the notification of industrial accidents, and the use of electricity in mines. For twelve years all Home Office matters relating to factories and mines have come before him. He has served in the Royal Engineers and is a member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers. His scientific attainments are well known and appreciated by all who know his work.