§ 36. Lieut.-Colonel HILDERasked the Prime Minister whether he can state, for the information of the House, the labour costs per ton of coal raised from the British coalfields in 1921 as compared with the labour costs per 713 ton of coal raised in the coalfields of New South Wales, Australia, for the last year for which figures are available; whether the average yearly tonnage of coal raised by the New South Wales miner in 1920 was 488 tons as compared with 240 tons raised by the British coal-miner; and that the average weekly wage for coalminers in Great Britain was about 33⅓ per cent, higher than that of the New South Wales coalminer?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI am making inquiry with regard to the particulars asked for by the hon. and gallant Member, and will communicate with him as soon as the information is available.