§ 41. Mr. MATTERSasked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been drawn to the law recently passed in Belgium under which a pension of 6,000 francs a year is to be paid to miners at 55 years of age when they have served 30 years underground, and at 60 years of age in the case of others; and whether consideration is being given to a similar pensions scheme for the mining industry in this country?
§ Mr. SHINWELLI am aware that a Bill is before the Belgian Parliament to simplify and amend existing legislation in regard to pensions for miners and other workers. Variations of the pensions schemes in force in this country have received careful consideration but I am not in a position to make any statement in the matter.