§ Mr. GOLDSTONEasked the Home Secretary the number of serious and minor accidents which have occurred in the shipbuilding yards on the Wear since 1st January of the present year, together with the names of the firms in whose yards the accidents occurred?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe figures arc: Five fatal, 177 serious, and 1,104 minor accidents. The names of the firms in whose yards the accidents occurred are as follows: Doxford and Sons, J. L. Thompson and Sons, Short Brothers, Bartram and Sons, R. Thompson and Sons (South-wick), R. Thompson and Sons (Sunderland), Sunderland Shipbuilding Company. Pickersgill and Sons, Priestman and Company, Austin and Sons, Osbourne, Graham and Company, Sir J. Laing and Sons, Crown and Sons, Blumer and Company.