HC Deb 30 October 1912 vol 43 cc442-3
70. Mr. DUNCAN MILLAR

asked the Home Secretary when the Regulations as to winding engine-men's eight hours' shifts, under the Coal Mines Act, 1911, will be issued as finally adjusted?

Mr. McKENNA

As proposals for modification of the draft Regulations have been received both from the owners and from the men, the matter will have to be referred to one of the Referees under the Act, and I am not in a position therefore at present to say when they will be finally settled.