§ 40. Mr. G. Straussasked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the concern caused by the recent accident at the Eldorado Factory, Lambeth, and with a view to preventing a similar disaster in future, he will ask the factory inspector to make a full inquiry into the accident on 12th July, and particularly as to whether the requisite first-aid equipment and gas masks were available; whether any exit doors were blocked by machinery; whether any emergency drill is normally carried out at the factory; whether the qualifications of the engineers in charge of the factory's dangerous machinery are adequate; and whether complaints as to the escape of ammonia fumes, made by the employés during the days preceding the accident, had been ignored?
§ Sir S. HoareI can assure the hon. Member that the Factory Department are going fully into the circumstances of this accident, and will give due regard to the various points mentioned by him.