§ 29. Mr. STANTONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether the managers of the Ellerman Line are the persons responsible for the negligence reported by the inspectors of the port sanitary authority of Hull, and which resulted in the destruction in a soap works of tons of valuable Danish bacon; and whether, as his Department have already prosecuted several poor persons for wasting crusts of bread, he will commence criminal proceedings against Sir John Ellerman and his fellow directors of the Ellerman Line?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of LABOUR (Mr. Bridgeman)The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative; the second point does not, therefore, arise.