§ Mr. BARKERasked the Secretary for Mines the number of coal mines in Monmouthshire that have been re-opened during the year 1929; the names of the mines; and the number re-employed?
§ Commodore KINGThe number of pits in Monmouthshire which were closed on 31st December, 1928, and have since reopened, is 16, employing about 6,000 wage-earners at the present time. I will send the hon. Member a list of them.
§ Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLEasked the Secretary for Mines how many mines have been re-opened since the enactment of the Coal Mines Act, 1926; and the number of men now in employment in those mines?
§ Commodore KINGMy hon. Friend will remember that the Coal Mines Act, 1926, was passed at a time when practically no coal mines were working.