§ Mr. HARDIEasked the Secretary for Mines (1) whether measurements were regularly taken from the shaft or other fixed point of No. 23 pit, Redding, to the various coal-face workings;
(2) whether plans of the old workings to the rise of No. 23 Redding pit are in existence?
§ Lieut.-Colonel LANE-FOXThe causes and circumstances of this disaster are to be the subject of a Public Inquiry, which will be opened at Glasgow on 5th February. The points raised by the hon. Member fall within the scope of the inquiry, and I would ask him to await the Commissioner's report.