§ Mr. BATEYasked the Secretary for Mines the number of miners employed on the latest available date in April, 1935, and also the numbers for a comparable date in 1934?
§ Mr. E. BROWNThe number of wage-earners on colliery books in Great Britain on 20th April, 1935, was 765,900 and on 21st April, 1934, 786,500.