HC Deb 25 July 1939 vol 350 cc1269-70

Minutes of Evidence taken this day reported from the Select Committee.

Minutes of Evidence to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 164.]

Bill reported, without Amendment, from the Select Committee.

Bill re-committed to a Committee of the Whole House for To-morrow.

Mines under the Coal Mines Acts, 1911, in England and Wales.
— 1924. 1938.
Number of Mines at work. Number of Persons employed (excluding Clerks and Salaried Persons).* Number of Mines at work. Average number of Persons employed (including Clerks and Salaried Persons).
England:
Cheshire … … … 19 1,419 7 181
Cumberland … … … 34 12,044 25 6,658
Derbyshire … … … 132 68,326 116 45,856
Dorset. … … … … 1 4 — —
Durham … … … 293 175,434 247 116,193
Gloucester … … … 61 9,083 32 5.317
Kent … … … … 4 1,743 4 6,781
Lancashire … … … 223 104,439 148 58,401
Leicestershire † … … … 26 12,640 19 9,128
Lincolnshire † … … … 1 72 4 188
Monmouthshire … … 143 67,433 110 38,225
Northampton † … … … 5 171 3 443
Northumberland … … … 125 65,458 102 45,937
Nottingham … … … 41 57,425 46 46,562
Shropshire … … … 53 4,039 47 2,706
Somerset … … … 19 6,273 13 3,347
Staffordshire … … … 223 69,891 147 48,390
Warwickshire … … … 25 22,263 21 17,067
Westmorland … … … 2 16 — —
Worcestershire … … … 25 2,004 16 920
Yorkshire … … … 334 200,338 250 148,767
Wales:
Breconshire … … … 20 3,172 17 2,125
Carmarthen … … … 61 15,428 43 9,644
Denbighshire … … … 24 16,484 20 9,429
Flintshire … … … 19 2.705 8 529
Glamorgan … … … 428 163,801 251 85,736
Pembroke … … … 4 537 3 386
Total for England and Wales 2,345 1,082,642 1,699 708,916
*In this year, the particulars of Persons Employed relate to those "ordinarily employed".
†Only Ironstone produced in these counties.

Minutes of Proceedings to be printed. [No. 164.]