§ 1. Mr. BATEYasked the Secretary for Mines the number of mines closed and not re-opened in the county of Durham since the end of the War, November, 1918, and also the number of persons employed when they were closed?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Mr. Ernest Brown)Since 1st June, 1924, 86 pits in Durham, employing 10 or more men each and in the aggregtae 16,640 men, have been closed and not re-opened.