§ 9. Mr. Dayasked the Secretary for Mines whether his Department has recently collected any records of the number of pits that have not modernised their equipment and are still using out of date and inefficient apparatus; and what regulations deal with this subject?
§ Captain CrookshankThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. As regards the second part, matters of safety and health are governed by the Coal Mines Act and Regulations, but there are no regulations in other respects.
§ Mr. DayCan the Minister say whether any reasons have been given to him as to why certain pits have not modernised their equipment and brought it up to date?
§ Mr. J. GriffithsDoes not the Minister think it is better to leave this question of the so-called modernisation of pits to be raised in the Debate?