§ 26. Mr. HARDIEasked the Secretary for Mines whether any part of the Reorganisation of Mines Act has been applied in any mining area?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERI presume the hon. Member refers to the Mining Industry Act, 1926, but I do not quite follow his question. The provisions of that Act, with one or two exceptions, automatically applied to all mining areas as soon as it became law.
§ Mr. HARDIEIf there is any sincerity in the Government how is it that wheelless trucks are still being used in coal mines in Somersetshire and the men made into beasts of burden by having to draw these trucks in an almost naked state?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERI could give an answer to any question of the hon. Member if he will give me proper notice. The question he has now asked does not seem to me to have anything to do with the question on the Paper.
§ Mr. HARDIEThe question on the Paper is what I am asking now. What I want to know is whether any part of the reorganisation proposals have been put into effect?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERI am in a position to answer any question of which the hon. Member gives me notice, but it is quite out of accordance with the precedents of the House that on a not very clear question on the Paper a number of specific supplementary questions should be asked.
§ Mr. HARDIEThe question is on the Paper.