§ 29. Mr. Shortasked the Secretary for Mines whether he will make a statement showing the amount of money accruing to the mine owners to date as a result of the voluntary increase in contract prices; the total contribution made to wages; and what relation this figure has to the total wage increase?
§ Captain CrookshankI am informed that during the nine months, 1st January to 30th September, 1936, the total amount of the special increases in wages resulting from the agreement reached in January, 1936, was £4,318,000 while the amount received by the coal owners from voluntary increases in contract prices was £1,712,000. Figures for the last three months of last year are not available.