§ 9. Mr. Malcolm MacPhersonasked the Minister of Labour what correlation there is between the accident rate and working conditions in iron and steel foundries.
§ Mr. IsaacsAlthough it is reasonable to suppose that, in iron and steel foundries as elsewhere, the accident rate is affected by working conditions, I know of no data on which a precise correlation could be based.
§ Mr. MacPhersonHas my right hon. Friend considered the advisability of asking his factory inspectors to investigate this for the purpose of finding out whether such data is available?
§ Mr. IsaacsMy hon. Friend will get a copy of the factory inspectors' report which will shortly be issued, and he will see that they have done a tremendous amount of work in this field in the last few months.
§ Mr. Henderson StewartDoes the right hon. Gentleman mean by that answer that the employers in those factories are, 1686 in fact, making a substantial effort to improve conditions?
§ Mr. IsaacsMost decidedly.