HC Deb 19 March 1923 vol 161 cc2057-8
10. Mr. CLARRY

asked the Secretary for Mines what proportion of under ground examiners in mines in charge of shifts are unqualified men; and whether he contemplates taking steps to reduce the number of men not fully qualified?

Lieut.-Colonel LANE-FOX

The qualifications of firemen, examiners and deputies are laid down in the Coal Mines Act of 1911, and, so far as I am aware, there are no men without such qualifications employed as underground examiners in charge of shifts.