§ Mr. CLUSEasked the Postmaster-General if he will state, with reference to the accident near Farringdon Street Station in which two Post Office workmen were killed and the safety of trains on the Metropolitan Railway jeopardised, on what dates were the men actually engaged on the work in question supplied with copies of the Regulation to a breach of which the executive engineer, in his evidence at the inquest, attributed the accident; and will any compensation be granted to the relatives of the deceased?
§ Viscount WOLMERAs regards the first part of the question, I am making inquiry and will communicate with the hon. Member. As regards the second part, compensation to the dependants of the unfortunate men will be paid in accordance with the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Acts.