§ Mr. T. SMITHasked the Home Secretary the number of applications heard under Sub-section (4) of Section 9 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, in the county courts of Barnsley, Doncaster, Chesterfield, Pontefract and Rotherham since the inception of the aforesaid Sub-section to the last available date; and the result of such applications?
§ Mr. CLYNESI have communicated with the registrars of the county courts concerned. It would appear from their replies that applications for arbitration based on the provisions of Section 9 (4) are not specifically shown in the records, so that the number of such cases could not be definitely stated without a laborious search through files of papers and note books. The following information, however, has been furnished. At Barnsley the registrar recollects two or three such cases; at Chesterfield there has been one, which resulted in favour of the employer, and at Rotherham one, which resulted in favour of the workman; at Pontefract, so far as can be 289W traced, there has been none. At Doncaster the registrar is not in a position to give any particulars.