§ Colonel DAYasked the Home Secretary if he is aware that divers Metropolitan borough councils have made representations suggesting that the sanitary officers should be empowered to inspect offices where wage-earners are employed in the same way as factories and workshops; and will he consider introducing legislation with a view to the protection which is afforded workers in factories and workshops being extended to office workers?
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Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONNo such representations have been made to the Home Office, but I understand that representations to this effect have been received by the Ministry of Health from two of the Metropolitan borough councils. My right hon. Friend is afraid he cannot promise any legislation in the direction suggested.