§ Sir J. NALLasked the Secretary for Mines (1) what policy is pursued by his Department in respect of new arterial roads in mining areas; what restriction, if any, is placed upon the working of coal; and whether any loss in mineral wealth or mining employment is anticipated in such cases;
(2) If any information is available as to the acreage and estimated quantity of coal affected by various arterial road proposals in South-east Lancashire; and whether any coal will be abandoned as a result of such schemes?
§ Colonel LANE FOXJudging by the evidence given before the Royal Commission on Mining Subsidence I have no reason to suppose that the making of new arterial roads through mining areas is likely to give rise to any questions between the collieries and the highway authorities which they will not be able to settle between them without any serious loss of coal.