§ Mr. RITSONasked the Minister of Labour whether he can state, by means of the information registered at the Employment Exchanges, the number of working days lost in the mining industry, through 1963W intermittent working, during the last six months of this year as compared with the first six months of 1925?
§ Colonel LANE FOXI have been asked to reply. The only information available relates to the number of days which were lost by pits through want of trade and transport difficulties. This number, expressed as an average for all pits, amounted to 21 days during the first six months of 1927, and to 14½ days in the first six months of 1925.