HC Deb 19 April 1962 vol 658 c108W
53. Mr. Dugdale

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the inquiry to be conducted by his Department into the recent explosion at West Bromwich involving a lorry carrying chemicals will be a public inquiry.

Mr. Renton

No. An inquiry involving laboratory experiments and tests of the chemicals being carried is being conducted by the manufacturers. Some supplementary tests involving the employment of special techniques are being conducted by the Home Office.