§ MR. SLOAN (Belfast, S.)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the fact that about 50 per cent. of the out-workers in Belfast do not come within the scope of the Factory and Workshop Act; and what action, if any, does he propose to take in the matter.
§ (Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) I have no figures showing what proportion of the out-workers in Belfast are not covered by the Home Work Order at present in force, but attention has been called to the fact that there are a considerable number engaged in the household linen trade,' a trade not included in that Order, and I am now considering the question of including that, with some other trades, in a further Order.