HC Deb 20 July 1938 vol 338 cc2224-5W
Mr. Gallacher

asked the Secretary for Mines how many pit inspections have been carried out in Scotland during 1937 and up to June, 1938, and how many of these were carried out in Fife?

Captain Crookshank

During 1937 the numbers of inspections made by His Majesty's inspectors were: Scotland, underground 2,403, surface 793; and Fife, underground 462, surface 59. The corresponding figures during the first half of 1938 are: Scotland, 1,382 and 347; and for Fife, 260 and 31.