§ MR. C. DUNCAN (Barrow-in-Furness)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether, seeing that the medical officer of health for the city of Belfast recently refused to take action in a case of factory inspection, and that a special sanitary inspector was sent to Belfast by the Government, any Report has yet been issued by his Department on this case; and, if not, can any promise be given as to the date of its publication.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The inspection of factories is a matter which concerns my right hon. friend the Home Secretary, to whom any inquiry on the subject should be addressed. As regards the latter part of the Question, it is assumed that the hon. Member intends to refer to the Commission of Inquiry which is at present investigating the general sanitary administration of Belfast. The Commission have not yet finished taking evidence, and it cannot be said when their Report will be ready.