§ 3. Mr. G. MACDONALDasked the Secretary for Mines the average daily earnings in the mining industry of Great Britain in 1913 and for 1930, giving separate figures for Lancashire and Cheshire?
§ Mr. SHINWELLIn 1930, the average cash earnings per man-shift worked by all workers in the coal mines in Great Britain was 9s. 3½d., and in Lancashire and Cheshire 9s. 2¾d., as compared with 6s. 7d. and 6s., respectively, in November, 1913.