§ Sir WILLIAM BULLasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he would explain, in regard to the Board of Trade statistics which gave the numbers of miners unemployed at 140,946 during the month of January, to what extent this state of unemployment was due to the operation of the Miners (Eight Hours) Act?
Mr. BUXTONThe number quoted by the hon. Member represents the membership of miners' trade unions making returns of unemployment to the Board of Trade, and not the number unemployed.