§ 34. Mr. SHORTasked the Secretary for Mines the number of local miners' welfare committees in existence during 1935; and whether there has been a tendency recently to discourage these appointments?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Captain Crookshank)I cannot give an exact figure, but I am informed that there are at present about 1,500 local miners' welfare committees. The answer to the second part of the question is in the negative. On the contrary, I understand that the Miners' Welfare Committee have recently taken steps to encourage and assist these committees, and that their number tends to increase rather than to diminish.