§ Mr. G. MACDONALDasked the Secretary for Mines the average weekly wage 2017W in the coal-mining industry of Great Britain in 1921, excluding from calculation the period of the national stoppage of that year, and the average weekly wage of the last twelve months for which figures are available, giving separate figures for Lancashire and Cheshire?
§ Mr. E. BROWNIn 1921 (excluding the three months ended June) the average weekly cash earnings of all workers employed in the coal mines in Great Britain were £3 14s. 11d. and in 1933, £2 2s. 5d. The corresponding figures for Lancashire and Cheshire were £3 9s. 6d. and £2 1s. 2d., respectively.