HC Deb 04 May 1937 vol 323 cc998-9W
Mr. Tinker

asked the Secretary for Mines how many boys there are under 16 years of age working underground in coal mines that come under his Department?

Captain Crookshank

At 12th December, 1936, the latest date for which the information is available, 27,044 boys under 16 years of age were employed below ground in coal mines in Great Britain.