HC Deb 05 October 1939 vol 351 c2070
28. Mr. Ridley

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many regulations have been made by him under Section 71 of the Factories Act, 1937; to what industries they refer; and at what date each regulation was laid upon the Table of the House?

The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Sir John Anderson)

No such regulations have so far been made.

Mr. Ridley

Is the normal machinery of the inspectorate for securing the proper observance of factory legislation being run during war-time?

Sir J. Anderson

There is another question on that subject.