§ Mr. G. Macdonaldasked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the total number of persons employed in the coal-mining industry in Lancashire and Cheshire in March, 1931, and in March, 1937, specifying the number employed underground in each case?
§ Captain CrookshankThere were 72,700 wage-earners on the colliery books in Lancashire and Cheshire on 14th March, 1931, and 59,300 on 13th March, 1937. It is estimated that the numbers of wage-earners employed underground at these dates were 56,200 and 44,700 respectively.