§ 42. Mr. GODFREY NICHOLSONasked the Home Secretary the number of miners who have been in receipt of compensation for partial disablement for five years and for 10 years, respectively?
§ Sir J. GILMOUROn the 31st December, 1933, the latest date in respect of which statistics are available, there were 6,264 workmen in the mining industry who had been in receipt of compensation for periods from five to 10 years, and 6,331 who had been in receipt of compensation for over 10 years. I regret that I have no statistics showing how many of those were cases of partial disablement as distinct from total disablement.
§ Mr. NICHOLSONIn view of the great hardships caused under the Workmen's Compensation Acts, will my right hon. Friend give sympathetic consideration to a suggestion that there should be a general inquiry into the working of those Acts?
§ Sir J. GILMOURI will always consider sympathetically any proposals.