§ 57. Mr.Colonel WOODCOCKasked the Secretary for Mines the number of lead and zinc mines on the Home Office list in 1913; how many there are at the present time; and what number of men were employed in these mines on the respective dates?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Colonel Lane Fox)The number of lead and zinc mines in the List of Mines for 1913 was 139, and the number of persons employed at those mines was 3,616. The corresponding figures at the present time are 107 mines and 1,981 persons. At both dates persons engaged in getting other minerals in conjunction with lead and zinc are included.
§ Colonel WOODCOCKIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that the closing of these mines throws a, large number of men out of employment?
§ Colonel LANE FOXYes; I believe that is so.