§ 1. Mr. LAWTHERasked the Secretary for Mines if he is now in a position to state the names of the members of the committee to investigate the work of the Mining Industry Welfare Act?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Mr. Shinwell)Yes, Sir. The Committee has now been constituted as follows:
- Viscount Chelmsford (Chairman).
- Lord Erskine, M.P.
- Mr. Gordon Macdonald, M.P.
- Mr. Geoffrey Mander, M.P.
- Mr. A. K. McCosh (nominated by the Mining Association of Great Britain).
- Mr. Alfred Smith (nominated by the Miners' Federation of Great Britain).
The terms of reference will be:To inquire haw far the objects of Section 20 of the Mining Industry Act, 1920, have been met, what remains to be done, and whether the scope of the fund and the existing machinery for its administration as defined in that Section and as developed in practice are satisfactory for the future; and to report on all these matters with particular reference to the question of the amount and duration of the levy in the future.