§ Mr. D. GRAHAMasked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that a scheme for the erection of pit-head baths at Cardowan Colliery, Lanarkshire, cannot be proceeded with because of the attitude adopted by the ground landlord; will he state the nature of the conditions upon which the landlord is insisting; whether they differ from those obtaining at other collieries in Lanarkshire where baths have been erected; and what action he proposes to take in the matter?
§ Mr. E. BROWNThe ground landlords have agreed to lease the site selected for the pit-head baths at Cardowan Colliery, but have sought to impose upon the trustees of the baths certain obligations which, in the opinion of the Miners' Welfare Committee, are undesirable in the interests of the trustees. The negotiations with the landlords, which are being conducted by law writers acting on behalf of the trustees, are still in progress, and it would clearly be undesirable for me to give particulars of the points in dispute. Meanwhile the Miners' Welfare Committee are not prepared to proceed with the building.