§ 14. Mr. R. J. TAYLORasked the Secretary for Mines the number of men and lads employed in the following classes of workmen employed in Northumberland mines: surface men and lads, stonemen and shifters, fillers, cutters, and pullers up, and, further, the man-hours, respectively, worked per week for the month of May and the first two weeks of June, 1936?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKI regret that this information is not available.
§ Mr. TAYLORhow or when is the Department likely to be interested in the question of overtime in the respective districts?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKWe have followed questions of overtime, but that is not what I am asked here. I am asked for a number of figures which I have not got.
§ Mr. WHITELEYDoes the hon. and gallant Gentleman not realise that this is a method of obtaining exactly what overtime is worked, and that by having all the trades classified and the shifts put into proper order, a properly tabulated scheme could be made?
§ Mr. TAYLORIs the Minister aware that I asked a question as to overtime last year, and that he was unable to reply, and is he aware that if we could get the man-hours worked per week, we should be able to calculate the overtime?
§ Mr. JAMES GRIFFITHSDoes the Minister mean to convey the impression that he has asked for information from the owners, and has been refused?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKI am not going further with regard to impressions, except to say that I regret I have not this information.
§ Mr. TAYLORWill the Minister get it?
§ Mr. BUCHANANWhy not get it?