asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will set out in tabular form under the headings, "breakings into premises," and "larcenies" for "preventable crimes" and one heading for "detectable crimes," the percentages of indictable crimes cleared up in the Metropolitan police area for each of the years from 1930 to 1944.

The figures asked for are as follow:inquiry as to the causes of the accidents and whether they were avoidable.

Yes, Sir; I have a detailed report on the subject. I understand that in one case the Coroner suggested that the Regulations should deal more precisely with methods of slinging loads, and this will be considered. As regards the last part of the Question my information is that the fatal and other accidents have occurred in a variety of ways and difficulties have been increased by war conditions. The development of joint accident prevention committees offers the best means of securing the avoidance of unnecessary risks.