§ Mr. MUFFasked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that the Hull Corporation and other public bodies agreed to pay a higher price for coal conditionally upon the increase going en-
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Date. Great Britain. Leicester. Aged 16 to 64 years. Aged 14 and 15 years.* Aged 16 to 64 years. Aged 14 and 15 years.* Wholly unemployed. Temporarily stopped. Wholly unemployed. Temporarily stopped. 23rd March, 1936 … 10,408 5,820 280 1,372 675 3 24th February, 1936 … 11,206 5,808 357 1,508 767 8 20th January, 1936 … 11,148 8,459 445 1,620 1,258 13 16th December, 1935 … 10,383 7,579 281 1,563 1,557 7 25th November, 1935 … 10,606 5,429 290 1,616 1,163 6 21st October, 1935 … 11,236 5,201 353 1,777 1,003 7 23rd September, 1935 12,111 6,834 427 1,943 1,292 7 26th August, 1935 … 12,189 9,144 421 1,832 2,021 12 22nd July, 1935 … 11,463 10,151 334 1,618 2,457 12 24th June, 1935 … 11,687 8,503 291 1,620 2,100 6 20th May, 1935 … 12,146 5,898 387 1,552 624 6 15th April, 1935 … 12,292 6,672 358 1,597 674 6 25th March, 1935 … 13,178 6,704 413 1,775 617 6 * Separate statistics of the numbers wholly unemployed and temporarily stopped are not available for juveniles under 16 years of age. tirely to increase miners' wages; and whether the miners have received the full benefit?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the second part, the coalowners gave assurances that the whole of the voluntary increases in prices would be passed on to the mine workers.