WAGE-EARNERS, YORKSHIRE. (Hansard, 20 July 1937)

HC Deb 20 July 1937 vol 326 c1952 1952

§ 68. Mr. G. Griffiths
asked the Secretary for Mines the number of workers at the mines of Yorkshire on 30th April, 1930, 1933 and 1937, or the nearest day?

§ Captain Crookshank
On 1st May, 1937, there were 140,300 wage-earners on colliery books in Yorkshire, as compared with 170,100 and 145,600 respectively at corresponding dates in 1930 and 1933.

§ Mr. Griffiths
Not much prosperity for miners in Yorkshire on those figures, is there?

§ Captain Crookshank
Prosperity is a relative term.