HC Deb 08 March 1910 vol 14 c1438W
Mr. GOLDMAN

asked the Home Secretary what is the number of granite quarries in the United Kingdom since the beginning of 1906 which have been closed, and the maximum number of persons employed in or about those quarries?

Mr. CHURCHILL

The Returns for 1909 are not yet available, but the Returns for 1908, compared with those for 1905, show that there were eighty-one granite quarries (other than quarries only worked occasionally) which were at work in 1905 and not in 1908. These quarries employed 1,090 persons. Against them must be set thirty-six granite quarries, employing 665 persons, which were at work in 1908 and not in 1905.