§ 2. Mr. T. WILLIAMSasked the Secretary for Mines whether all the tests on automatic gas detectors have been concluded; whether he has yet received reports; and whether copies have been supplied to the Miners' Federation and the producing firms?
§ Mr. E. BROWNThe trials of the Ringrose Alarm at Mosley Common, Houghton Main and Waun Llwyd Collieries have been concluded. I have received reports from the committees responsible for the two first-mentioned, and I hope to receive the third report in the course of the next week or two. I will decide in what way the reports will be published when I have had an opportunity of considering all three of them together.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSWill the Miners' Federation of Great Britain and the producing firms be supplied with copies; and is it the hon. Gentleman's intention to discuss the question with the Miners' Federation and the other parties concerned before the publication of the reports?
§ Mr. BROWNI think it would be much better for all parties concerned if the three reports were considered together. Perhaps the hon. Member will put down a question later, and I will then decide the particular form in which all parties concerned can best be informed of the results.