§ MR. HALL (Yorkshire, W.R., Normanton)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Carlton Main Colliery Company at their Frickley Colliery, Doncaster, where a trade dispute is in existence, evicted several families from their houses on Monday, 24th June, 1907, on account of their being concerned in such dispute; and if he will facilitate legislation with the object of making it impossible for employers of labour to evict men, women, and children from their homes when such disputes are in progress.
§ MR. JOSEPH WALTON (Yorkshire, W.R., Barnsley)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Carlton Main Colliery Company, at their Frickley Colliery, Doncaster, where a trade dispute is in existence, evicted several families from their houses on Monday, 24th June, 1907, on account of their being concerned in such dispute; and if he will facilitate legislation with the object of making it impossible for employers of labour to evict men, women, and children from their homes when such disputes are in progress.
§ MR. COMPTON RICKETT (Yorkshire, W.R., Osgoldcross)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Carlton Main Colliery Company, at their Frickley Colliery, Doncaster, where a trade dispute is in existence, evicted several families from their houses on Monday, 24th June, 1907, on account of their being concerned in such dispute; and if he will facilitate legislation with the object of making it impossible for employers of labour to evict men, women, and children from their homes when such disputes are in progress.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) I will answer this and the two following Questions together. I am informed that, on 17th April, a number of men employed at this colliery went on strike, eighteen of whom lived in houses belonging to the company owning the colliery. As these eighteen did not return to work or pay 512 any rent, they were on 3rd May given notice to quit. The notices not being complied with, ejectment orders were obtained and eight men were evicted on 24th June. Of the other ten, some had resumed work, others had left their houses. On the facts before me, I am hardly prepared to say that the men evicted were treated harshly; and, while I shall be happy to consider any proposals that may be laid before me, I am afraid I cannot promise any special facilities for legislation at the present time.