HC Deb 18 December 1934 vol 296 c944
12. Mr. D. DAVIES

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of prosecutions that were instituted under the Coal Mines Act, 1911, and regulations, during the years 1932, 1933, and the nine months ended the 30th September, 1934, giving the number of violations by owners and management, and the number by workmen; and with what results?

The SECRETARY for MINES (Mr. Ernest Brown)

As the reply involves a tabular statement, I am circulating it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Mr. PIKE

Will that statement contain particulars of the violations suggested in the question?

Mr. BROWN

It will give the number of separate charges, and convictions, charges unproven, and charges dismissed, together with the total amount of fines and costs.

Mr. DAVIES

Will it also include power for the workmen to prosecute the owners for breaches, similar to the powers now possessed by the employers to prosecute the workmen?

Mr. BROWN

I should like to have the precise terms of that question, so that I may give the actual legal facts.

Following is the reply:

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