HC Deb 17 May 1916 vol 82 cc1517-8
32. Captain DOUGLAS HALL

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War if the War Office had come to any conclusion as regards the advisability of releasing, after they have had a satisfactory military training, experienced miners from Home-service battalions for work in the mines for a short period, so as to relieve the shortage of coal?

Mr. TENNANT

No man known to be an experienced miner is being enlisted except for service in Tunnelling Companies, Royal Engineers.