§ 30. Mr. Leslieasked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been called to the constant flooding of mines in the County of Durham and to the repeated failures to get the mine owners to come to a pooling arrangement for a drainage scheme; and whether, in view of the importance of coal mining to the community, the Government will consider the advisability of carrying out a proper drainage scheme?
§ The Secretary for Mines (Captain Crookshank)I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave on 1st December last to the hon. Member for Houghton-le-Spring (Mr. W. Joseph Stewart) of which I am sending him a Copy.