Clause 8. — (Enforcement by district councils of certain provisions of Part I.)

Part of Orders of the Day — Factories Bill. – in the House of Commons am ar 16 Mehefin 1937.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Mr Frederick Macquisten Mr Frederick Macquisten , Argyll

At the present moment the sanitary inspector can only make a report, and that is what the hon. Member for Silvertown (Mr. J. Jones) objects to. I understand that under this Bill the medical officer of health can give his own orders and does not need to report to any committee. That is a departure, as I understand it, from the present position. I have no doubt that the sanitary inspector from time to time will call the medical officer's attention to the things that he comes across in going through the different factories, and it is much better that the medical officer should be able to act than that the matter should be left for consideration by the local authority. We all know how matters get delayed when they are under consideration by local committees. The Amendment remitting the matter back to the sanitary inspector would weaken the powers in the Bill, and for that reason I support the Bill as it stands.