§ 59. Mr. Thorneasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the cause of the accident at the Spirella Factory, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, on 20th April, and how many people were injured?
§ The Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd)I understand that a number of visitors had been attending a concert on the top floor of the factory, and that after the concert 16 of them, in spite of protests from one of their number, crowded into a 10 hundredweight goods hoist not intended for passengers, which then moved downwards under their weight. Eight were taken to hospital, and four, suffering from injured ankles, are still there.