HC Deb 11 March 1937 vol 321 cc1320-1
23. Mr. Thorne

asked the Home Secretary whether he has received any report from the factory inspector in connection with the accident at Sir James Laing and Company's shipyard at Sunderland when four men were injured on Wednesday last?

Sir J. Simon

I have received a preliminary report from which it appears that some deck beams collapsed with the result that two men fell and were seriously injured and two others were injured less seriously. The matter is being further investigated.

Mr. Louis Smith

Is it not the fact that, in spite of the pertinacity of the hon. Gentleman in asking these questions, the number of accidents in engineering works is decreasing?

Mr. Speaker

That does not arise out of the question.