§ Mr. BATEYasked the Secretary for Mines the amount of subsidy paid in the months of August, September and October to coalowners for pits that are closed and producing no coal?
§ Colonel LANE-FOXIt would be very laborious to extract particulars of the subvention paid in respect of the wages bills of collieries temporarily idle, and I 399W do not think that the value of the information would justify the labour. Obviously, the amount thus paid must be a quite insignificant fraction of the total amount paid in subvention.