WORKMEN'S INSPECTIONS. (Hansard, 17 December 1935)

§ 16. Mr. DUNN
asked the Secretary for Mines the numbers of inspections, under the Coal Mines Act, 1911, Section 16, carried out at the New Lount and Collorton collieries, Leicestershire, for the years 1927 to 1934, inclusive, giving each year separately?

§ Captain CROOKSHANK
No inspections were made at these collieries by workmen's representatives, under Section 16 of the Coal Mines Act, 1911, during the years 1927 to 1934.

§ Mr. PALING
Can the Secretary for Mines say why?

§ Captain CROOKSHANK
No.

§ Mr. GEORGE GRIFFITHS
Will the hon. and gallant Member see that while the present Government are in power they will bring in legislation so that workmen's inspections shall be paid for out of some source other than their own pockets?

§ Captain CROOKSHANK
That is another question.

§ Mr. PALING
Where a long period has elapsed without any workmen's inspection, is it the custom of the hon. and gallant Gentleman's office to inquire why these inspections are not carried out?

§ Captain CROOKSHANK
Perhaps the hon. Member will put that question on the Order Paper.