Coal Depots Cove red by Shops Bill W HAT Mr. John
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Hare, the Minister of Labour, described as an outstanding change was last week made in the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Bill—its provisions were extended to cover coal depots. A suitable amendment was moved in the Commons by Mr. William Whitelaw, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry, who said that fuel storage depots were to be brought within the scope of the definition of shop premises.
Most of these premises would be out in the open, but the definition included any
that were under cover, and also any huts or buildings other than office premises which were occupied together with the fuel storage premises for the purpose of the activities carried on there.
The definition, added Mr. Whitelaw, did not limit the premises to those on railway land, but excluded coal depots in docks and on canal wharves because these places were already covered by the Factories Act. The amendment was accepted, and the Bill later received the Commons' approval.