§ 48. Mr. SIMMasked the Secretary for Mines if, in connection with his safety-first proposals, he will consider the desirability of providing deputies working in mines with suggestion and report forms for the purpose of deputies desiring to make confidential reports to the district inspector or sub-inspector; and, in the event of reports being made, will he make provision for the full protection of the deputies reporting?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Mr. Bridgeman)The provision of such forms as my hon. Friend suggests would, I fear, lead to a division of responsibility and control which would be detrimental to the smooth working of the industry, and I think the present relations between the inspectors and the managers and deputies in the mines are sufficiently close to secure the ends which he has in view.