§ Mr. T. P. O'CONNORasked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the recent fatalities in Liverpool, where a family of four have recently died owing to gas-poisoning, any steps are going to be taken with regard to the use of water-gas in that city and elsewhere to protect the lives of the public?
§ Mr. BALDWINI have been asked to reply. In accordance with the recommendations of the Carbon-Monoxide Committee, an Order was made by the Board of Trade on the 16th February prohibiting the supply for domestic purposes of gas containing carbon-monoxide unless such gas possesses the distinctive pungent smell of coal gas, and the Board are carefully watching the position. There has, however, been no marked change recently in the proportion of water-gas supplied by gas undertakings.