§ Mr. NEVILLEasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consider the advisability of instituting an inquiry to ascertain how far accidents arising in connection with the use of hoists or lifts may be preventible by means of automatic or other appliances attached to such hoists and lifts?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLInquiries into the subject were made some years ago by the Factory Department, and a full report, to which I would refer the hon. Member, was issued in 1904 dealing with the construc-164W tion and arrangement of lifts and the means of preventing accidents. Further inquiries are now proceeding with regard to hoists which are worked electrically. I should add that I have no power to take any action with regard to hoists used elsewhere than in places to which the Factory Acts or Mines Acts apply.