HC Deb 01 April 1925 vol 182 c1343W
Mr. PALING

asked the Secretary for Mines (1) how many collieries in Great Britain use steam-driven and electrically-driven winding engines, respectively;

(2) how many accidents due to over-winding have occurred at collieries in Great Britain during the last 10 years; and how many of such accidents have occurred where steam-driven machinery is employed and how many where electrically-driven machinery is used?

Colonel LANE-FOX

The information asked for in these questions is not immediately available; but I am having it collected, and will tell the hon. Member when I have got it.

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