§ 36. Mr. T. SMITHasked the Secretary for Mines the number of boys under 16 1121 years of age killed and seriously injured underground during each of the last five years
§ Mr. E. BROWNIn 1930, 24 boys under 16 years of age were killed and 171 seriously injured belowground at mines under the Coal Mines Act. The corresponding figures for 1931 were 25 and 142; for 1932, 17 and 112; for1933, 15 and 101; and for 1934, 15 and 122.
§ Mr. WESTDoes not the Minister think that it is deplorable that children of 14 should be so employed when so many adults are unemployed to-day?
Viscountess ASTORWill the National Government try to see whether there is a way of stopping the employment of children under 16 in mines; will they try to find a way out?
| County. | Number of Agricultural Holdings above 1 acre and not exceeding 50 acres in extent‡ | Number of Statutory Small Holdings provided in the years1932–34. | ||
| 1931. | 1934. | |||
| Anglesey | … | 3,588 | 3,600 | 8 |
| Caernarvon | … | 4,985 | 4,929 | — |
| Merioneth | … | 1,860 | 1,816 | 1* |
| Montgomery | … | 3,361 | 3,291 | 10 |
| Denbigh | … | 3,941 | 3,893 | 11† |
| Flint | … | 2,521 | 2,497 | 21 |
| Total | … | 20,256 | 20,026 | 51 |
| * Cottage holding under 1 acre. | ||||
| †Includes 2 cottage holdings under 1 acre. | ||||
| ‡These figures include parcels of land which are separately returned, but in many cases comprise areas of accommodation and other land which would not normally be regarded as agricultural or small holdings. The number of parcels of land of this description cannot be given. |