Ten-Hour question had been settled; Government might delay, but could not now prevent, a Ten-hour Act. However, the new bill left the 1833 definition of 'night' unaltered (and so gave no opportunity for redefinition) and Lord Ashley's amendment to limit the working day for women and young persons to ten hours was defeated heavily (295 against, 198 for), it having been made clear that the Ministers would resign if they lost the vote. As a result, the Factories Act 1844 (citation 7 & 8 Vict c. 15) again set a twelve-hour day, its main provisions being: Children 9–13 years could work for 9 hours a day with a lunch break. Ages must be verified by surgeons. Women and young people now worked the same number of hours. They could work for no more than 12 hours a day during the week, including one and a half hours for meals, and 9 hours on Sundays. They must all take their meals at the same time and could not do so in the workroom Time-keeping to be by a public clock approved by an inspector Some classes of machinery: every fly-wheel directly connected with the steam engine or water-wheel or other mechanical power, whether in the engine-house or not, and every part of a steam engine and water-wheel, and every hoist or teagle, near to which children or young persons are liable to pass or be employed, and all parts of the mill-gearing (this included power shafts) in a factory were to be "securely fenced." Children and women were not to clean moving machinery. Accidental death must be reported to a surgeon and investigated; the result of the investigation to be reported to a factory inspector. Factory owners must wash factories with lime every fourteen months. Thorough records must be kept regarding the provisions of the Act and shown to the inspector on demand. An abstract of the amended Act must be hung up in the factory so as to be easily read, and show (amongst other things) names and addresses of the inspector and sub-inspector of the district, the certifying surgeon, the times for beginning and ending work, the amount of time and time of day for meals. Factory inspectors no longer had the powers of JPs but (as before 1833) millowners, their fathers, brothers and sons were all debarred (if magistrates) from hearing Factory Act cases. Factories Act 1847 After