HC Deb 25 January 1940 vol 356 c798W
Mr. Rhys Davies

asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that women living at Blackpool, employed at the Euxton Royal Ordnance Factory, must get up at 4.30 a.m. in order to be on duty in time, and that it is quite usual for them to reach home again at 10 p.m., with only one hour for a mid-day meal, 20 minutes of which is taken up in walking to and from the canteen; whether this factory is being inspected by the officers of his Department; and is he satisfied that the provisions of the Factory Act, 1937, are being carried out?

Sir J. Anderson

This factory is inspected by the Factory Department of the Home Office, and I am in consultation with my right hon. Friend the Minister of Supply on the question of improving working conditions.

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