§ 28. Mr. DUNCAN MILLARasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a special inquiry will be instituted into the causes of the moss subsidence at the Stanrigg Pit, Airdrie, which resulted in the loss of nineteen lives; and whether the operations undertaken with a view to obtaining access to the workings and to the recovery of the bodies of the entombed men have now been completed?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Brace)Yes, Sir; it has been decided to hold a special inquiry under the Coal Mines Act into the circumstances of this accident. The operations in progress for obtaining access to the workings are not completed. The inspector is urging the owners to expedite the work.