§ 76. Mr. GILLasked the Home Secretary if the conferences between factory inspectors, employers, and operatives in the cotton trade on the questions of fencing and cleaning machinery, etc., have been concluded; whether there are any conferences arranged in other trades, and, if so, in which trades; and whether any of these conferences have met?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe conferences in the cotton-spinning trade were concluded last March, and a report of the result has been published and issued to the parties concerned. I have directed a copy of the report to be sent to my hon. Friend. A similar series of conferences in respect of the woollen and worsted industries will shortly be concluded at Bradford; and another series, dealing with cotton weaving, was commenced at Blackburn on the 6th instant. Conferences respecting iron foundries will commence at Manchester en 10th December next.