HC Deb 17 January 1924 vol 169 c295W
Mr. HARDIE

asked 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-FOX

The 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.

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