HC Deb 08 April 1930 vol 237 c1998W
Mr. McSHANE

asked the Secretary for Mines what poportion of coal was cut by machinery in Lanarkshire in 1913 and 1929?

Mr. TURNER

Of the total quantity of coal raised in Lanarkshire in 1913, 26 per cent. was cut by machinery, and in 1929 the proportion was 72 per cent.