§ 4. Mr. TINKERasked the Secretary for Mines the number of mine workers in Lancashire at the present time, the figures for 12 months ago, and the number for 19217
§ Mr. FOOTOn 19th September, 1931, 69,200 wage-earners were employed at coal mines in Lancashire and Cheshire, as compared with 72,300 and 106,100 respectively at the corresponding date in 1930 and 1921.