§ 31. Sir ROBERT THOMASasked the Secretary for Mines if ho will give a list of the pits in the North Wales coalfield which restarted work after the stoppage of 1926 but are now closed, naming their location and the collieries to which they belong?
§ Commodore KINGTen pits, normally employing 1,403 wage-earners, which restarted work after the stoppage of 1926, are now closed. I will send the hon. Member a list of them.
33. Mr. W. M. WATSONasked the Secretary for Mines the number and names of the collieries that have ceased working in the counties of Lanark, Stirling, West Lothian, and Dumbarton since the beginning of the present year and until the latest available date, with the number of persons who have been rendered idle in each of the collieries stated separately; and the number in each county that have been suspended temporarily and the numbers that are stated to be permanently abandoned?
§ Commodore KINGThe numbers are as follow:
No pits in Dumbarton have been closed during this period and the only pits notified as permanently abandoned are three small pits in Lanark. I will send the hon. Member a list of the closed pits, showing the numbers normally employed at each.
- In the county of Lanark, 24 pits employing 5,071 wage-earners.
- In the county of Stirling, two pits employing 225 wage-earners.
- In the county of Linlithgow, one pit employing 215 wage-earners.