§ 53. Mr. GEORGE HALLasked the Secretary for Mines the number and the names of the collieries closed down in South Wales during the last 12 months, with the number of miners rendered idle as the result of the closing of these collieries?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Colonel Lane Fox)In South Wales 134 pits, normally employing 23,700 wage-earners, have been closed and not re-opened during the last 12 months. I will send the hon. Member a list of these pits.
§ Mr. PALINGCan the right hon. and gallant Gentleman say whether, in view of this alarming decrease in the number of miners employed and the number of mines being closed, anything is being done by his Department in order to meet the situation?