§ Mr. BOTTOMLEYasked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that on the 23rd March last an employé at the Hatfield Main Colliery Company met with an accident, having his leg cut off above the knee, and that, although an infirmary was only eight miles distant from the pit, it took several hours to get him there, with the result that he bled to death; and whether he will consider the question of introducing legislation to compel every colliery to be provided with either a horse or motor ambulance?
§ Mr. SHORTTI find on inquiry that the accident happened at 3.55 p.m.; that the injured man received efficient first-aid treatment within a few minutes, and that a doctor arrived at 4.35 p.m. The doctor, after attending the patient, accompanied him to the Doncaster Infirmary in the colliery horse ambulance which was standing ready, leaving the colliery at 4.55 p.m. It appears that everything possible was done for the unfortunate man and the case does not suggest the need for any further legislation. The General Regulations under the Coal Mines Act already contain a requirement on the subject.