11. Miss WARDasked the Secretary for Mines whether he will consider instituting an inquiry into the adequacy of the welfare work carried on throughout the mining areas?
Captain CROOKSHANKI would remind my hon. Friend that the whole question of miners' welfare work was fully investigated by the Departmental Committee under the chairmanship of Lord Chelmsford in 1932, and there is clearly no justification for another such inquiry. I understand, however, that following upon the extension of the period of the Miners'Welfare Levy by the Mining Industry (Welfare Fund) Act of last year, the Miners' Welfare Committee is approaching the various District Committees with a view to having separate surveys made of the welfare facilities available in each district. I may add that a welfare organiser has recently been appointed for Northumberland, who will commence a survey of that district shortly.