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Heaton Bleaching Mills, Blackley (Accident)

Volume 293: debated on Thursday 1 November 1934

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asked the Home Secretary whether the inquiry ordered into the deaths of four youths in the Blackley (Manchester) bleach mills has now been concluded; and, if so, what are the findings?

As regards the findings as to the cause of this accident, I would refer the hon. Member to my reply to his question on 21st June. A technical committee, on which employers and workmen are represented, has since been set up to study possible methods of preventing similar accidents.