50. Major BARNESasked the Prime Minister how many and which of the recommendations of the final Report of the Sankey Commission which the Government have accepted have been carried out?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINOn the 18th August, 1919, the Prime Minister stated fully to the House the action that the Government were prepared to take after consideration of the conflicting final reports of the various members of the Coal Industry Commission. As, however, the course that we proposed did not commend itself to either miners or owners, the action that we have taken has been confined to giving effect, by means of the Mining Industry Act, 1920, to certain proposals on which there was a substantial measure of agreement among the members of the Commission, as, for instance, the establishment of a Department of Mines, statutory provision for setting up joint committees of owners and men, and the creation of a fund for the improvement of social conditions in mining districts.
§ Major WATTS MORGANIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that one of the representations made by the Chairman was that the control of the mines was condemned?
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe hon. and gallant Member who put down the question (Major Barnes) asked how many and which of the recommendations have been accepted and carried out. That has been answered.