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.]