HC Deb 24 October 1935 vol 305 c337W
Mr. G. HALL

asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will give the number of pits at work, with the number of miners employed in the Aberdare Valley in July, 1930 and 1935?

Captain CROOKSHANK

In July, 1930, 20 pits, employing 11,000 wage-earners, were at work in the Aberdare Valley. The corresponding figures for July, 1935, were 13 and 6,100.