§ MR. JOHN WARD (Stoke-on-Trent)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in the Bill proposed to be introduced this session dealing with accidents upon docks during construction, it is intended to retain the power to hold courts of inquiry into the cause and circumstances of accidents of a serious nature, as provided 89 in Section 3 of the Notices of Accidents Act, 1894, which it is proposed to repeal.
§ MR. GLADSTONEYes, Sir; it is proposed to apply the provisions of the Factory Act with regard to accidents, which include a provision similar to that in the Act of 1894, empowering the Secretary of State to appoint a court of inquiry into the causes and circumstances of an accident if he thinks it expedient to do so.