HC Deb 16 February 1926 vol 191 c1703
38. Mr. PALING

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of pits in Great Britain where electric lamps are used underground; and the approximate number of men using such lamps?

Colonel LANE FOX

At the end of 1924 there were 356,817 electric safety lamps in use, practically all of them underground, at 1,012 mines. I cannot give even an estimate of the number of men who use these lamps.