§ Mr. GRUNDYasked the Secretary for Mines whether any miners have lost their employment as a result of the quota arrangements under the Coal Mines Act, 1930?
§ Mr. FOOTIt is not possible to specify how much any variation in employment in the mining industry is attributable to any one cause. I am, however, advised that the total output of coal permitted during each quarter of this year has been considerably in excess of the actual output, and that being so it would not appear that there has been any reduction in the total volume of employment as the 851W result of the quota provisions of the Coal Mines Act, 1930, although the incidence of employment may have been affected.