§ Mr. RHYS DAVIESasked the Home Secretary what progress has been made under the safety-first scheme to reduce the weight of sacks in flour mills from 280 lbs. to 140 lbs.; and what proportion of flour is now being handled in the mills by means of the smaller sacks?
§ Sir H. SAMUELMy information is that further progress has been made, and that the use of 280 lb. sacks has been practically abandoned throughout the country. There are exceptions at two or three mills, which, however, use 140 lb. sacks for 50 to 60 per cent. of their output, and only supply the larger sacks at the request of the buyers concerned. I am making inquiry into the special circumstances at those mills.