§ Mr. JOHN WARDasked the First Lord whether his attention has been called to an accident to a boy named Whitaker, aged 14, on the new dock works, Portsmouth, which necessitated the amputation of one leg and involved injury to the other; and what action, if any, has been taken by his Department to prevent young boys being employed upon dangerous works of this character?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe accident was not attributable to the particular nature of the work, which cannot properly be described as dangerous.