§ 7. Mr. RITSONasked the Secretary for Mines whether he has considered the report of the proceedings of the annual conference of the various districts of the mining industry, held on 20th November, 1934, at the Board of Trade offices, to discuss the administration of the Miners' Welfare Act; and, as there was a general demand for funds to administer existing schemes, will he take steps to provide funds by granting the ½d. per ton that was taken from the welfare levy recently, the said ½d. to be used for those schemes for culture and recreation that exist throughout the coalfields?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKI have nothing to add to the answer given on behalf of my predecessor in office to a similar question on 12th December last
§ knows of any recent instance of a failure to comply with Clause 4 of the Third Schedule of the Coal Mines Act, 1911. If the hon. Member will let me have the information on which his question is based, I will make further inquiries.