Major STANLEYasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has had submitted to him any devices to make the practice of kissing the shuttle unnecessary in cotton mills; whether any such device has been proved satisfactory, and, if so, whether the attention of mill owners will be drawn to such device?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLInquiry is now being made by the Factory Department, in conjunction with a medical officer of the Local Government Board, into the practice of shuttle-kissing, its effects on the health of the workers, and the possibility of adopting some arrangement which will render the practice unnecessary. Several devices have been submitted and will be considered. 431W I cannot say at present when the inquiry, which has only just commenced, will be concluded.