§ SIR W. EVANS GORDON (Tower Hamlets, Stepney)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Poles and other foreigners are working in the mines of England and Scotland; and whether he anticipates that the new regulations under the Aliens Act will lead to an increase in the number.
§ * MR. GLADSTONEI have made inquiries of the inspectors, and the estimates furnished by them (which must be taken as approximate only), show that the number of foreigners employed in mines in this country is under 3,000. The Answer to the last part of the Question is in the negative.