HC Deb 05 June 1930 vol 239 c2412W
Mr. HERRIOTTS

asked the Secretary for Mines how many miners were employed in the county of Durham at the end of April, 1930; and the corresponding figure at the end of April, 1929?

Mr. TURNER

The number of wage-earners on colliery books on 26th April, 1930, in the county of Durham, was 141,004, and the corresponding number on 27th April, 1929, was 134,104.